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Remove packages and config files in Ubuntu

Answer:

If you want to remove a package in Ubuntu, you can use apt-get remove, e.g.

# sudo apt-get remove php5

However, the config files will NOT be removed.

To remove the config files also, you can use apt-get purge, e.g.

# sudo apt-get purge php5

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