Date: Tue, 25 Oct 2005 14:57:35 -0400 From: Kris Kennaway <kris@obsecurity.org> To: Pat Maddox <pergesu@gmail.com> Cc: FreeBSD Questions <freebsd-questions@freebsd.org> Subject: Re: What packages can I deinstall? Message-ID: <20051025185735.GC63163@xor.obsecurity.org> In-Reply-To: <810a540e0510251124p54c35257m8fd819d591cfe955@mail.gmail.com> References: <810a540e0510251124p54c35257m8fd819d591cfe955@mail.gmail.com>
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--IpbVkmxF4tDyP/Kb Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable On Tue, Oct 25, 2005 at 12:24:25PM -0600, Pat Maddox wrote: > I've got a bunch of packages installed on my machine and I'd like to > know if I can deinstall any of them. I know what a lot of them do, > and know what will happen if I deinstall them. Others, I'm not really > sure. For example I've got a package named cclient > (http://www.freshports.org/mail/cclient/) installed. If I run > pkg_deinstall -n cclient, it says that it'd be removed without any > problems. So evidently no other package is depending on > this...perhaps it's just an artifact from a package I installed a > while back but deinstalled? >=20 > Basically I'd like to clear out any unused packages. Is it safe to > just run on pkg_deinstall -n on any package I don't recognize, and if > it isn't required as a dependency for another package go ahead and > delete it? You probably want pkg_cutleaves. If you're not using portupgrade, it's possible that your dependency database may be inconsistent (e.g. if you've done pkg_delete -f or failed to uninstall old versions before installing new ones over the top). Run pkgdb -F to check consistency first. Kris --IpbVkmxF4tDyP/Kb Content-Type: application/pgp-signature Content-Disposition: inline -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.2 (FreeBSD) iD8DBQFDXoAfWry0BWjoQKURAsviAKCL1obE01SxlEkwZQhlluWG4igkMgCggGTk F/J4ffl/LnrbkPMAkd25Q7k= =4LlZ -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --IpbVkmxF4tDyP/Kb--
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