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How to remove all "rc" - residual packages using command line at once?

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I have an Asus Q500A with win8 and Ubuntu 12.04 64 bit; Linux kernel 3.8.0-32-generic. I have been having residual package issues which have been giving me trouble trying to reconfigure xserver-xorg-lts-raring. I tried removing all residual packages from synaptic but the following were not removed.
I've been using sudo apt-get purge name to remove packages one at a time, I am down to libieee1284-3:i386 but it is too time consuming. Is there a way I can remove all of them at once, or groups of them?

Output of sudo dpkg -l | grep "^rc"

rc  gstreamer0.10-plugins-good:i386             0.10.31-1ubuntu1.2                          GStreamer plugins from the "good" set

rc  libaa1:i386                                 1.4p5-39ubuntu1                             ASCII art library

rc  libaio1:i386                                0.3.109-2ubuntu1                            Linux kernel AIO access library - shared library

rc  libao4:i386                                 1.1.0-1ubuntu2                              Cross Platform Audio Output Library

rc  libasn1-8-heimdal:i386                      1.6~git20120311.dfsg.1-2ubuntu0.1           Heimdal Kerberos - ASN.1 library

rc  libasound2:i386                             1.0.25-1ubuntu10.2                          shared library for ALSA applications

rc  libasyncns0:i386                            0.8-4                                       Asynchronous name service query library

rc  libatk1.0-0:i386                            2.4.0-0ubuntu1                              ATK accessibility toolkit

rc  libavahi-client3:i386                       0.6.30-5ubuntu2                             Avahi client library

rc  libavahi-common3:i386                       0.6.30-5ubuntu2                             Avahi common library

rc  libavc1394-0:i386                           0.5.3-1ubuntu2                              control IEEE 1394 audio/video devices

rc  libcaca0:i386                               0.99.beta17-2.1ubuntu2                      colour ASCII art library

rc  libcairo-gobject2:i386                      1.10.2-6.1ubuntu3                           The Cairo 2D vector graphics library (GObject library)

rc  libcairo2:i386                              1.10.2-6.1ubuntu3                           The Cairo 2D vector graphics library

rc  libcanberra-gtk0:i386                       0.28-3ubuntu3                               GTK+ helper for playing widget event sounds with libcanberra

rc  libcanberra0:i386                           0.28-3ubuntu3                               simple abstract interface for playing event sounds

rc  libcap2:i386                                1:2.22-1ubuntu3                             support for getting/setting POSIX.1e capabilities

rc  libcdparanoia0:i386                         3.10.2+debian-10ubuntu1                     audio extraction tool for sampling CDs (library)

rc  libcroco3:i386                              0.6.5-1ubuntu0.1                            Cascading Style Sheet (CSS) parsing and manipulation toolkit

rc  libcups2:i386                               1.5.3-0ubuntu8                              Common UNIX Printing System(tm) - Core library

rc  libcupsimage2:i386                          1.5.3-0ubuntu8                              Common UNIX Printing System(tm) - Raster image library

rc  libcurl3:i386                               7.22.0-3ubuntu4.3                           Multi-protocol file transfer library (OpenSSL)

rc  libdatrie1:i386                             0.2.5-3                                     Double-array trie library

rc  libdbus-glib-1-2:i386                       0.98-1ubuntu1.1                             simple interprocess messaging system (GLib-based shared library)

rc  libdbusmenu-qt2:i386                        0.9.2-0ubuntu1                              Qt implementation of the DBusMenu protocol

rc  libdrm-nouveau2:i386                        2.4.43-0ubuntu0.0.3                         Userspace interface to nouveau-specific kernel DRM services -- runtime

rc  libdv4:i386                                 1.0.0-3ubuntu1                              software library for DV format digital video (runtime lib)

rc  libesd0:i386                                0.2.41-10build3                             Enlightened Sound Daemon - Shared libraries

rc  libexif12:i386                              0.6.20-2ubuntu0.1                           library to parse EXIF files

rc  libexpat1:i386                              2.0.1-7.2ubuntu1.1                          XML parsing C library - runtime library

rc  libflac8:i386                               1.2.1-6                                     Free Lossless Audio Codec - runtime C library

rc  libfontconfig1:i386                         2.8.0-3ubuntu9.1                            generic font configuration library - runtime

rc  libfreetype6:i386                           2.4.8-1ubuntu2.1                            FreeType 2 font engine, shared library files

rc  libgail18:i386                              2.24.10-0ubuntu6                            GNOME Accessibility Implementation Library -- shared libraries

rc  libgconf-2-4:i386                           3.2.5-0ubuntu2                              GNOME configuration database system (shared libraries)

rc  libgcrypt11:i386                            1.5.0-3ubuntu0.2                            LGPL Crypto library - runtime library

rc  libgd2-xpm:i386                             2.0.36~rc1~dfsg-6ubuntu2                    GD Graphics Library version 2

rc  libgdbm3:i386                               1.8.3-10                                    GNU dbm database routines (runtime version)

rc  libgdk-pixbuf2.0-0:i386                     2.26.1-1                                    GDK Pixbuf library

rc  libgif4:i386                                4.1.6-9ubuntu1                              library for GIF images (library)

rc  libgl1-mesa-dri-lts-quantal:i386            9.0.3-0ubuntu0.4~precise1                   free implementation of the OpenGL API -- DRI modules

rc  libgl1-mesa-dri-lts-raring:i386             9.1.4-0ubuntu0.1~precise2                   free implementation of the OpenGL API -- DRI modules

rc  libgl1-mesa-glx:i386                        8.0.4-0ubuntu0.6                            free implementation of the OpenGL API -- GLX runtime

rc  libgl1-mesa-glx-lts-quantal:i386            9.0.3-0ubuntu0.4~precise1                   free implementation of the OpenGL API -- GLX runtime

rc  libgl1-mesa-glx-lts-raring:i386             9.1.4-0ubuntu0.1~precise2                   free implementation of the OpenGL API -- GLX runtime

rc  libglapi-mesa:i386                          8.0.4-0ubuntu0.6                            free implementation of the GL API -- shared library

rc  libglapi-mesa-lts-quantal:i386              9.0.3-0ubuntu0.4~precise1                   free implementation of the GL API -- shared library

rc  libglapi-mesa-lts-raring:i386               9.1.4-0ubuntu0.1~precise2                   free implementation of the GL API -- shared library

rc  libglu1-mesa:i386                           8.0.4-0ubuntu0.6                            Mesa OpenGL utility library (GLU)

rc  libgnome-keyring0:i386                      3.2.2-2                                     GNOME keyring services library

rc  libgnutls26:i386                            2.12.14-5ubuntu3.5                          GNU TLS library - runtime library

rc  libgomp1:i386                               4.6.3-1ubuntu5                              GCC OpenMP (GOMP) support library

rc  libgpg-error0:i386                          1.10-2ubuntu1                               library for common error values and messages in GnuPG components

rc  libgphoto2-2:i386                           2.4.13-1ubuntu1.2                           gphoto2 digital camera library

rc  libgphoto2-port0:i386                       2.4.13-1ubuntu1.2                           gphoto2 digital camera port library

rc  libgssapi-krb5-2:i386                       1.10+dfsg~beta1-2ubuntu0.3                  MIT Kerberos runtime libraries - krb5 GSS-API Mechanism

rc  libgssapi3-heimdal:i386                     1.6~git20120311.dfsg.1-2ubuntu0.1           Heimdal Kerberos - GSSAPI support library

rc  libgstreamer-plugins-base0.10-0:i386        0.10.36-1ubuntu0.1                          GStreamer libraries from the "base" set

rc  libgstreamer0.10-0:i386                     0.10.36-1ubuntu1                            Core GStreamer libraries and elements

rc  libgtk2.0-0:i386                            2.24.10-0ubuntu6                            GTK+ graphical user interface library

rc  libgudev-1.0-0:i386                         1:175-0ubuntu9.4                            GObject-based wrapper library for libudev

rc  libhcrypto4-heimdal:i386                    1.6~git20120311.dfsg.1-2ubuntu0.1           Heimdal Kerberos - crypto library

rc  libheimbase1-heimdal:i386                   1.6~git20120311.dfsg.1-2ubuntu0.1           Heimdal Kerberos - Base library

rc  libheimntlm0-heimdal:i386                   1.6~git20120311.dfsg.1-2ubuntu0.1           Heimdal Kerberos - NTLM support library

rc  libhx509-5-heimdal:i386                     1.6~git20120311.dfsg.1-2ubuntu0.1           Heimdal Kerberos - X509 support library

rc  libibus-1.0-0:i386                          1.4.1-3ubuntu1                              Intelligent Input Bus - shared library

rc  libice6:i386                                2:1.0.7-2build1                             X11 Inter-Client Exchange library

rc  libidn11:i386                               1.23-2                                      GNU Libidn library, implementation of IETF IDN specifications

rc  libiec61883-0:i386                          1.2.0-0.1ubuntu1                            an partial implementation of IEC 61883

rc  libieee1284-3:i386                          0.2.11-10build1                             cross-platform library for parallel port access

rc  libjack-jackd2-0:i386                       1.9.8~dfsg.1-1ubuntu2                       JACK Audio Connection Kit (libraries)

rc  libjasper1:i386                             1.900.1-13                                  JasPer JPEG-2000 runtime library

rc  libjpeg-turbo8:i386                         1.1.90+svn733-0ubuntu4.2                    IJG JPEG compliant runtime library.

rc  libjson0:i386                               0.9-1ubuntu1                                JSON manipulation library - shared library

rc  libk5crypto3:i386                           1.10+dfsg~beta1-2ubuntu0.3                  MIT Kerberos runtime libraries - Crypto Library

rc  libkeyutils1:i386                           1.5.2-2                                     Linux Key Management Utilities (library)

rc  libkrb5-26-heimdal:i386                     1.6~git20120311.dfsg.1-2ubuntu0.1           Heimdal Kerberos - libraries

rc  libkrb5-3:i386                              1.10+dfsg~beta1-2ubuntu0.3                  MIT Kerberos runtime libraries

rc  libkrb5support0:i386                        1.10+dfsg~beta1-2ubuntu0.3                  MIT Kerberos runtime libraries - Support library

rc  liblcms1:i386                               1.19.dfsg-1ubuntu3                          Little CMS color management library

rc  libldap-2.4-2:i386                          2.4.28-1.1ubuntu4.4                         OpenLDAP libraries

rc  libllvm3.0:i386                             3.0-4ubuntu1                                Low-Level Virtual Machine (LLVM), runtime library

rc  libllvm3.1:i386                             3.1-2ubuntu1~12.04.1                        Low-Level Virtual Machine (LLVM), runtime library

rc  libllvm3.2:i386                             3.2-2ubuntu5~precise1                       Low-Level Virtual Machine (LLVM), runtime library

rc  libltdl7:i386                               2.4.2-1ubuntu1                              A system independent dlopen wrapper for GNU libtool

rc  libmad0:i386                                0.15.1b-7ubuntu1                            MPEG audio decoder library

rc  libmikmod2:i386                             3.1.12-2                                    Portable sound library

rc  libmng1:i386                                1.0.10-3                                    Multiple-image Network Graphics library

rc  libmpg123-0:i386                            1.12.1-3.2ubuntu1                           MPEG layer 1/2/3 audio decoder -- runtime library

rc  libmysqlclient18:i386                       5.5.32-0ubuntu0.12.04.1                     MySQL database client library

rc  libnspr4:i386                               4.9.5-0ubuntu0.12.04.1                      NetScape Portable Runtime Library

rc  libnss3:i386                                3.14.3-0ubuntu0.12.04.1                     Network Security Service libraries

rc  libodbc1:i386                               2.2.14p2-5ubuntu3                           ODBC library for Unix

rc  libogg0:i386                                1.2.2~dfsg-1ubuntu1                         Ogg bitstream library

rc  libopenal1:i386                             1:1.13-4ubuntu3                             Software implementation of the OpenAL API (shared library)

rc  liborc-0.4-0:i386                           1:0.4.16-1ubuntu2                           Library of Optimized Inner Loops Runtime Compiler

rc  libosmesa6:i386                             8.0.4-0ubuntu0.6                            Mesa Off-screen rendering extension

rc  libp11-kit0:i386                            0.12-2ubuntu1                               Library for loading and coordinating access to PKCS#11 modules - runtime

rc  libpango1.0-0:i386                          1.30.0-0ubuntu3.1                           Layout and rendering of internationalized text

rc  libpixman-1-0:i386                          0.24.4-1                                    pixel-manipulation library for X and cairo

rc  libproxy1:i386                              0.4.7-0ubuntu4.1                            automatic proxy configuration management library (shared)

rc  libpulse-mainloop-glib0:i386                1:1.1-0ubuntu15.4                           PulseAudio client libraries (glib support)

rc  libpulse0:i386                              1:1.1-0ubuntu15.4                           PulseAudio client libraries

rc  libqt4-dbus:i386                            4:4.8.1-0ubuntu4.4                          Qt 4 D-Bus module

rc  libqt4-declarative:i386                     4:4.8.1-0ubuntu4.4                          Qt 4 Declarative module

rc  libqt4-designer:i386                        4:4.8.1-0ubuntu4.4                          Qt 4 designer module

rc  libqt4-network:i386                         4:4.8.1-0ubuntu4.4                          Qt 4 network module

rc  libqt4-opengl:i386                          4:4.8.1-0ubuntu4.4                          Qt 4 OpenGL module

rc  libqt4-qt3support:i386                      4:4.8.1-0ubuntu4.4                          Qt 3 compatibility library for Qt 4

rc  libqt4-script:i386                          4:4.8.1-0ubuntu4.4                          Qt 4 script module

rc  libqt4-scripttools:i386                     4:4.8.1-0ubuntu4.4                          Qt 4 script tools module

rc  libqt4-sql:i386                             4:4.8.1-0ubuntu4.4                          Qt 4 SQL module

rc  libqt4-svg:i386                             4:4.8.1-0ubuntu4.4                          Qt 4 SVG module

rc  libqt4-test:i386                            4:4.8.1-0ubuntu4.4                          Qt 4 test module

rc  libqt4-xml:i386                             4:4.8.1-0ubuntu4.4                          Qt 4 XML module

rc  libqt4-xmlpatterns:i386                     4:4.8.1-0ubuntu4.4                          Qt 4 XML patterns module

rc  libqtcore4:i386                             4:4.8.1-0ubuntu4.4                          Qt 4 core module

rc  libqtgui4:i386                              4:4.8.1-0ubuntu4.4                          Qt 4 GUI module

rc  libqtwebkit4:i386                           2.2.1-1ubuntu4                              Web content engine library for Qt

rc  libraw1394-11:i386                          2.0.7-1ubuntu1                              library for direct access to IEEE 1394 bus (aka FireWire)

rc  libroken18-heimdal:i386                     1.6~git20120311.dfsg.1-2ubuntu0.1           Heimdal Kerberos - roken support library

rc  librsvg2-2:i386                             2.36.1-0ubuntu1                             SAX-based renderer library for SVG files (runtime)

rc  librtmp0:i386                               2.4~20110711.gitc28f1bab-1                  toolkit for RTMP streams (shared library)

rc  libsamplerate0:i386                         0.1.8-4                                     Audio sample rate conversion library

rc  libsane:i386                                1.0.22-7ubuntu1                             API library for scanners

rc  libsasl2-2:i386                             2.1.25.dfsg1-3ubuntu0.1                     Cyrus SASL - authentication abstraction library

rc  libsdl-image1.2:i386                        1.2.10-3                                    image loading library for Simple DirectMedia Layer 1.2

rc  libsdl-mixer1.2:i386                        1.2.11-7                                    Mixer library for Simple DirectMedia Layer 1.2, libraries

rc  libsdl-net1.2:i386                          1.2.7-5                                     Network library for Simple DirectMedia Layer 1.2, libraries

rc  libsdl-ttf2.0-0:i386                        2.0.9-1.1ubuntu1                            ttf library for Simple DirectMedia Layer with FreeType 2 support

rc  libsdl1.2debian:i386                        1.2.14-6.4ubuntu3                           Simple DirectMedia Layer

rc  libshout3:i386                              2.2.2-7ubuntu1                              MP3/Ogg Vorbis broadcast streaming library

rc  libsm6:i386                                 2:1.2.0-2build1                             X11 Session Management library

rc  libsndfile1:i386                            1.0.25-4                                    Library for reading/writing audio files

rc  libsoup-gnome2.4-1:i386                     2.38.1-1                                    HTTP library implementation in C -- GNOME support library

rc  libsoup2.4-1:i386                           2.38.1-1                                    HTTP library implementation in C -- Shared library

rc  libspeex1:i386                              1.2~rc1-3ubuntu2                            The Speex codec runtime library

rc  libspeexdsp1:i386                           1.2~rc1-3ubuntu2                            The Speex extended runtime library

rc  libsqlite3-0:i386                           3.7.9-2ubuntu1.1                            SQLite 3 shared library

rc  libssl0.9.8:i386                            0.9.8o-7ubuntu3.1                           SSL shared libraries

rc  libstdc++5:i386                             1:3.3.6-25ubuntu1                           The GNU Standard C++ Library v3

rc  libstdc++6:i386                             4.6.3-1ubuntu5                              GNU Standard C++ Library v3

rc  libtag1-vanilla:i386                        1.7-1ubuntu5                                audio meta-data library - vanilla flavour

rc  libtasn1-3:i386                             2.10-1ubuntu1.1                             Manage ASN.1 structures (runtime)

rc  libtdb1:i386                                1.2.9-4                                     Trivial Database - shared library

rc  libthai0:i386                               0.1.16-3                                    Thai language support library

rc  libtheora0:i386                             1.1.1+dfsg.1-3ubuntu2                       The Theora Video Compression Codec

rc  libtiff4:i386                               3.9.5-2ubuntu1.5                            Tag Image File Format (TIFF) library

rc  libtxc-dxtn-s2tc0:i386                      0~git20110809-2.1                           Texture compression library for Mesa

rc  libunistring0:i386                          0.9.3-5                                     Unicode string library for C

rc  libusb-0.1-4:i386                           2:0.1.12-20                                 userspace USB programming library

rc  libv4l-0:i386                               0.8.6-1ubuntu2                              Collection of video4linux support libraries

rc  libv4lconvert0:i386                         0.8.6-1ubuntu2                              Video4linux frame format conversion library

rc  libvisual-0.4-0:i386                        0.4.0-4                                     Audio visualization framework

rc  libvorbis0a:i386                            1.3.2-1ubuntu3                              The Vorbis General Audio Compression Codec (Decoder library)

rc  libvorbisenc2:i386                          1.3.2-1ubuntu3                              The Vorbis General Audio Compression Codec (Encoder library)

rc  libvorbisfile3:i386                         1.3.2-1ubuntu3                              The Vorbis General Audio Compression Codec (High Level API)

rc  libwavpack1:i386                            4.60.1-2                                    audio codec (lossy and lossless) - library

rc  libwind0-heimdal:i386                       1.6~git20120311.dfsg.1-2ubuntu0.1           Heimdal Kerberos - stringprep implementation

rc  libwrap0:i386                               7.6.q-21                                    Wietse Venema's TCP wrappers library

rc  libx11-6:i386                               2:1.4.99.1-0ubuntu2.2                       X11 client-side library

rc  libx11-xcb1:i386                            2:1.4.99.1-0ubuntu2.2                       Xlib/XCB interface library

rc  libxau6:i386                                1:1.0.6-4                                   X11 authorisation library

rc  libxaw7:i386                                2:1.0.9-3ubuntu1                            X11 Athena Widget library

rc  libxcb-dri2-0:i386                          1.8.1-1ubuntu0.2                            X C Binding, dri2 extension

rc  libxcb-glx0:i386                            1.8.1-1ubuntu0.2                            X C Binding, glx extension

rc  libxcb-render0:i386                         1.8.1-1ubuntu0.2                            X C Binding, render extension

rc  libxcb-shm0:i386                            1.8.1-1ubuntu0.2                            X C Binding, shm extension

rc  libxcb1:i386                                1.8.1-1ubuntu0.2                            X C Binding

rc  libxcomposite1:i386                         1:0.4.3-2build1                             X11 Composite extension library

rc  libxcursor1:i386                            1:1.1.12-1ubuntu0.1                         X cursor management library

rc  libxdamage1:i386                            1:1.1.3-2build1                             X11 damaged region extension library

rc  libxdmcp6:i386                              1:1.1.0-4                                   X11 Display Manager Control Protocol library

rc  libxext6:i386                               2:1.3.0-3ubuntu0.1                          X11 miscellaneous extension library

rc  libxfixes3:i386                             1:5.0-4ubuntu4.1                            X11 miscellaneous 'fixes' extension library

rc  libxft2:i386                                2.2.0-3ubuntu2                              FreeType-based font drawing library for X

rc  libxi6:i386                                 2:1.6.0-0ubuntu2.1                          X11 Input extension library

rc  libxinerama1:i386                           2:1.1.1-3ubuntu0.1                          X11 Xinerama extension library

rc  libxml2:i386                                2.7.8.dfsg-5.1ubuntu4.6                     GNOME XML library

rc  libxmu6:i386                                2:1.1.0-3                                   X11 miscellaneous utility library

rc  libxp6:i386                                 1:1.0.1-2ubuntu0.12.04.1                    X Printing Extension (Xprint) client library

rc  libxpm4:i386                                1:3.5.9-4                                   X11 pixmap library

rc  libxrandr2:i386                             2:1.3.2-2ubuntu0.2                          X11 RandR extension library

rc  libxrender1:i386                            1:0.9.6-2ubuntu0.1                          X Rendering Extension client library

rc  libxslt1.1:i386                             1.1.26-8ubuntu1.3                           XSLT 1.0 processing library - runtime library

rc  libxss1:i386                                1:1.2.1-2                                   X11 Screen Saver extension library

rc  libxt6:i386                                 1:1.1.1-2ubuntu0.1                          X11 toolkit intrinsics library

rc  libxtst6:i386                               2:1.2.0-4ubuntu0.1                          X11 Testing -- Record extension library

rc  libxv1:i386                                 2:1.0.6-2ubuntu0.1                          X11 Video extension library

rc  libxxf86vm1:i386                            1:1.1.1-2ubuntu0.1                          X11 XFree86 video mode extension library

rc  odbcinst1debian2:i386                       2.2.14p2-5ubuntu3                           Support library for accessing odbc ini files

rc  skype-bin:i386                              4.2.0.11-0ubuntu0.12.04.2                   client for Skype VOIP and instant messaging service - binary files

rc  sni-qt:i386                                 0.2.5-0ubuntu3                              indicator support for Qt

rc  wine-compholio:i386                         1.7.4~ubuntu12.04.1                         The Compholio Edition is a special build of the popular Wine software

rc  xaw3dg:i386                                 1.5+E-18.1ubuntu1                           Xaw3d widget set

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answered 3 Years ago adedes · Accepted Answer

I give you some commands that will help you to find and remove broken packages and residual packages etc.

To find if any broken packages are there:
```
 sudo dpkg -l | grep "^iU"
```

To remove broken packages any of two commands will help:

 sudo apt-get -f install

 sudo apt-get remove --purge $(dpkg -l | grep "^iU" | awk '{print $2}')

To find the residual packages following command will help:
```
 sudo dpkg -l | grep "^rc"
```

Note: if any package is installed without any error, the first column starts with ii but for residual package it starts with rc, and for broken it starts with iU. For more information about package state letters, see this answer.

To remove all residual packages:

 sudo apt-get remove --purge $(dpkg -l | awk '/^rc/{print $2}')

I wish after knowing these commands you'll be able to solve your problems. I'll be always waiting for your reply, if you need any help.