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because i had problems with my pure-ftpd i decided to completely remove and reinstall it.

so i did like

apt-get remove pure-ftpd-mysql 
find / -name "pure-ftpd" -exec rm -rf {} \;

now after reinstalling the init.d script and other pieces are still missing, i wonder how they got there initially...

Zypher
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Andreas Linden
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    You really shouldn't manually go through and delete things when you're using a package manager i.e. your `find / -name` line. Let the package manager do what it does and manage the files. – Zypher Sep 10 '10 at 20:28
  • well, i didn't know about apt-get purge ;) – Andreas Linden Sep 12 '10 at 22:10

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When use want a complete removing of a package you need to purge it (usaualy it means removing also config files).

aptitude purge pure-ftpd-mysql

Anyway, when a config file for an installed package is missing, you can use the following command to force dpkg to reinstall original missing configuration files :

dpkg --force-confmiss -i /var/cache/apt/archives/pure-ftpd-mysql_1.0.24-1_i386.deb

Assuming you don't have done an:

apt-get clean

that remove the cache :)

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You need to purge it:

apt-get --purge remove pure-ftpd-mysql
apt-get --purge remove pure-ftpd
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