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How To Uninstall base-files On Linux Mint 18.2
To uninstall base-files just follow these instructions.
Are you having problems? You can always add base-filesagain by following the instructions at this link.
Uninstall just base-files
http://installion.co.uk/linuxmint/sonya/upstream/b/base-files/uninstall/index.htmlDebian base system miscellaneous files several important miscellaneous files, such as /etc/debian_version,Linux Mint 18.2admin18.2.1sudo apt-get remove base-files
This will remove just the base-files package itself.
Uninstall base-files and its dependencies
sudo apt-get remove --auto-remove base-files
This will remove the base-files package and any other dependant packages which are no longer needed.
Purging your config/data too
If you also want to delete your local/config files for base-files then this will work.
Caution! Purged config/data can not be restored by reinstalling the package.
sudo apt-get purge base-files
Or similarly, like this base-files
sudo apt-get purge --auto-remove base-files
Package Data
| Package | base-files |
| Version | 18.2.1 |
| Maintainer | Ubuntu Developers <[email protected]> |
| Description | Debian base system miscellaneous files several important miscellaneous files, such as /etc/debian_version, |
| Distro | linuxmint |
| Release | sonya |
| Repo | upstream |
| Section | admin |
Dependencies
base-files is not dependent on any other packages.