[PLUG] problems in wake of botched Lyx install

[Mike Connors]

Randy Stapilus wrote:
> I guess I'm wondering first of all if there's some sort of system  
> restore that takes me back to the pre-LyX install period? (The system  
> had been working fine up until then.) Or what the next best, probably  
> meaning simplest, option might be?
>   
"apt-get clean" will only clean downloaded pkgs from apt pkg cache. 

Whenever something like this happens to me I run "apt-get purge <pkg name>"
this will uninstall the pkg(s) and all it's config files.