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Unable to completely remove residual config of package gwibber (in Synaptic)

Asked by Duke

When I start Synaptic Package Manager, under "Not installed (residual config) there is one package that I cannot completely remove:

Package: gwibber
Description: transitional dummy package
Installed version: <empty>
Latest version: 3.7.0bzr13.04.05-0ubuntu1

When I open the properties of this package:
    gwibber Properties
        Installed Files
            /etc/xdg/autostart/gwibber.desktop

When I select "Mark for Complete Removal" and click the Apply button, I get the following message:
    Changes applied
    Successfully applied all changes.
but in the Details section I have the following message:
    dpkg: warning: ignoring request to remove gwibber which isn't installed

After that the package is still present under "Not installed (residual config)".

Does anyone know how I can remove this package completely so that it does no longer appear under "Not installed (residual config)" ?

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actionparsnip (andrew-woodhead666) said : 		#1

what is the output of:

dpkg -l | grep gwibber

Thanks

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Duke (duke1995) said : 		#2

Hello,

Thanks for your quick reply.

Here's the output:

administrator@desktop-pc:~$ dpkg -l | grep gwibber
rc gwibber 3.6.0-0ubuntu1.1 amd64 Open source social networking client for GNOME
ii gwibber-service 3.7.0bzr13.04.05-0ubuntu1 all transitional dummy package
ii gwibber-service-facebook 3.7.0bzr13.04.05-0ubuntu1 all transitional dummy package
ii gwibber-service-identica 3.7.0bzr13.04.05-0ubuntu1 all transitional dummy package
ii gwibber-service-twitter 3.7.0bzr13.04.05-0ubuntu1 all transitional dummy package
ii unity-lens-gwibber 3.7.0bzr13.04.05-0ubuntu1 all transitional dummy package

Kind regards.

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Best actionparsnip (andrew-woodhead666) said : 		#3

Then there are residual configs.

sudo dpkg -P gwibber

Will get rid of them for you

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Duke (duke1995) said : 		#4

Thanks a lot, this solved my problem.

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Duke (duke1995) said : 		#5

Thanks actionparsnip, that solved my question.

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Duke (duke1995) said : 		#6

Any idea why this doesn't work from within Synaptic Package Manager?

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actionparsnip (andrew-woodhead666) said : 		#7

No idea. I always use the command line