[EN] how to deinstall/purge flashplayer?

[michaa7]

I assume apt-get purge flashplugin-nonfree will not neccessarily deinstall the plugin, does it? Or am I wrong?

[michaa7]

update-flashplugin-nonfree --uninstall

[michaaa62]

I assume apt-get purge flashplugin-nonfree will not neccessarily deinstall the plugin, does it? Or am I wrong?

Why wouldn't it?

Code: [Select]

$ cat /var/lib/dpkg/info/flashplugin-nonfree.prerm
#!/bin/sh


set -e


case "$1" in
    remove|upgrade|deconfigure)
        update-flashplugin-nonfree --uninstall || true
    ;;


    failed-upgrade)
    ;;


    *)
        echo "prerm called with unknown argument \`$1'" >&2
        exit 1
    ;;
esac






exit 0
and

Code: [Select]

$ cat /var/lib/dpkg/info/flashplugin-nonfree.postrm
#!/bin/sh


set -e


#echo "flashplugin-nonfree postrm: $@"


if [ "$1" = "purge" ]
then
        rm -rf /var/cache/flashplugin-nonfree/*
fi






exit 0Trust in apt-get!