diff --git a/wiki/EMANE.wiki b/wiki/EMANE.wiki
index 9227c664..03de4655 100644
--- a/wiki/EMANE.wiki
+++ b/wiki/EMANE.wiki
@@ -72,6 +72,9 @@ rpm -e ace-devel ace-gperf ace
 
 {{{
 sudo dpkg -r emane\* python-emane\* libemane\* ace\*
+# for Ubuntu 14.04+, dpkg doesn't support wildcards, so use this
+# this will prompt to confirm
+sudo apt-get purge ^emane\*
 }}}