VLC uninstall of 3.0.21

[Vidcomp]

When I try to uninstall VLC from Debian 12 using sudo apt purge vlc it appears to execute but does not remove all components a search show /usr/bin/VLC still present.

I manually removed all components of VLC and tried to reinstall using sudo apt install VLC and I get the message "vlc is already the newest version (3.0.21-0+deb12u1)"

What could be the reason for these situations ?

[Rémi Denis-Courmont]

VLC is broken up into many packages on Debian.

[Vidcomp]

Your response is incorrect.

I found that on a newly installed version of VLC on Debian 12 when I removed VLC using the sudo apt remove VLC is completely removed. This means a modification on Debian 12 occurred that prevented VLC from uninstalling. I manually removed VLC to correct.

[Rémi Denis-Courmont]

My answer is provably correct. VLC is broken down into 21 or 22 distinct binary packages on Debian as stated on the official Debian package list: https://packages.debian.org/src:vlc

[Vidcomp]

How does the 21 or 22 distinct binary packages explain the problem of not uninstalling? especially since after removing vlc then reinstalling I could properly remove vlc as a test.

[Rémi Denis-Courmont]

You're only uninstalling parts of it, obviously.