I am using Lubuntu 16.04 which is Ubuntu + LXDE. I am running the command sudo apt purge /path/to/files/*.deb
and instead of removing all of the packages in that directory, I just get filename.deb is already the newest version (5.2.1-2)
for every package in the directory. I feel like I've tried every combination of apt, apt-get, and dpkg and the words purge and remove. apt-cache rdepends
says that there are no dependent packages.
Why can't I remove my packages?