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Date: Sat, 1 May 2010 13:13:47 -0600 (MDT)
From: Warren Block <wblock@wonkity.com>
To: John Pollock <johnpollock@bellsouth.net>
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Subject: Re: Firefox3 - can't deinstall
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On Sat, 1 May 2010, John Pollock wrote:

> Am running FreeBSD 8.0 p2, and had installed Firefox3.
> Since it keeps crashing when viewing some web pages, I wanted to
> deinstall it.
>
> When I cd /usr/ports/www/firefox3 then run make deinstall, I get a error
> message that port is not installed.

What message, exactly?  The Firefox ports have moved around, and you may 
be trying to uninstall one that isn't actually installed.

> Which brings up a question, when installing using ports I normally run
> make install clean.
>
> Does this prevent then at later date make deinstall?

No.

-Warren Block * Rapid City, South Dakota USA