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#2576
Originally Posted by psrkn View Post
If i use:
dpkg --purge cpufrequtils

Will it do the same thing? I don't know when to use dpkg --purge or
when apt-get remove is more appropriate.
Thanks.
The easy explanation...

"apt-get remove" will only remove the application. The "dpkg --purge" or "dpkg -P" (as i prefer) will remove the configuration too.