Date: Mon, 2 Feb 2004 13:32:53 +0000 From: Jez Hancock <jez.hancock@munk.nu> To: Rishi Chopra <rchopra@cal.berkeley.edu> Cc: questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Removing Ports Message-ID: <20040202133253.GA96417@users.munk.nu> In-Reply-To: <401E4CA4.2010206@cal.berkeley.edu> References: <401E4CA4.2010206@cal.berkeley.edu>
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On Mon, Feb 02, 2004 at 05:12:04AM -0800, Rishi Chopra wrote: > My understanding is that 'make deinstall' only removes the port from the > "ports database" - is there any way to actually remove all of the > files associated with a particular port? See the ports(7) manpage. 'make deinstall' effectively 'uninstalls' the application and all associated files and dirs, but only if those files/dirs haven't changed since the application was first installed. To make sure you clean out the port's working directory (where the port is built etc), as well as uninstalling the application - add the 'clean' target to the make command: make clean deinstall -- Jez Hancock - System Administrator / PHP Developer http://munk.nu/ http://jez.hancock-family.com/ - Another FreeBSD Diary http://ipfwstats.sf.net/ - ipfw peruser traffic logging
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