The status rc says that the package was removed but the configuration files are still on disk. This happens either when the packages are deleted with apt-get remove or they are automatically removed due to a dependency. In this second case, it also happens if the main package was purged and not only removed.
You can determine which package are in this status with:
# dpkg -l | grep ^rc
So executing this will return only the names of all these packages:
# dpkg -l | grep ^rc | awk '{print $2}'
And to purge all these packages:
# dpkg -l | grep ^rc | awk '{print $2}' | xargs dpkg -P
If you want to first see what dpkg would do, use:
# dpkg -l | grep ^rc | awk '{print $2}' | xargs dpkg --no-act -P
You can determine which package are in this status with:
# dpkg -l | grep ^rc
So executing this will return only the names of all these packages:
# dpkg -l | grep ^rc | awk '{print $2}'
And to purge all these packages:
# dpkg -l | grep ^rc | awk '{print $2}' | xargs dpkg -P
If you want to first see what dpkg would do, use:
# dpkg -l | grep ^rc | awk '{print $2}' | xargs dpkg --no-act -P
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