Re: [Evolution] troublesome cache

[Ralf Mardorf <silver bullet zoho com>]

On Fri, 05 Feb 2021 16:17:39 +0000, Richard Bown wrote:
> running sudo apt purge evolution
> that should remove evo and all its config files, 
> then deleted .cache/evolution
> but when I re install evo , everything that was deleted just reappeared

apt purge doesn't remove config files in $HOME.

"Removing a package removes all packaged data, but leaves usually small
(modified) user configuration files behind, in case the remove was an
accident. Just issuing an installation request for the accidentally
removed package will restore its function as before in that case. On
the other hand you can get rid of these leftovers by calling purge even
on already removed packages. Note that this does not affect any data or
configuration stored in your home directory." -
http://manpages.ubuntu.com/manpages/xenial/man8/apt.8.html