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I'd argue that linux distros have this power, too, and they haven't either (unless you use a snap, which has compatibility and performance issues). If you unin
by mceachen 7y ago
I'd argue that linux distros have this power, too, and they haven't either (unless you use a snap, which has compatibility and performance issues).
If you uninstall a .deb or .rpm or AppImage, the files you wrote into XDG_CONFIG_HOME (defaults to ~/.config) won't magically get cleaned up.
I'd love to be wrong here, BTW! I've had several PhotoStructure users try to reset their configuration by uninstall/reinstall, but that just removes the files in the installer, it doesn't do anything to files in user directories (and I'd be really surprised if that was ever a thing). Can you imagine the havoc from `apt remove vscode` and having it remove user's keybindings, extensions, and anything else?
- simion314 7y ago>~/.config) won't magically get cleaned up. >I'd love to be wrong here, Isn't this what apt purge appname does ? or is something missing Form the apt-get docs: purge - purge is identical to remove except that packages are removed and purged (any configuration files are deleted too).
- _ikke_ 7y agoThat would only purge config files that came with the package (which would live in /etc/). Config files in the homedir of a user are not managed by apt.
- simion314 7y agoThanks, I was wrong, not sure why I believed that it worked. so in the end Linux needs a CCleaner tool like Windows, it should also contain a browser cache cleaner, I sometimes find a few Gb of space in Chromium localstorage/cache and have to hunt them down and delete manually.