Date: Thu, 30 Nov 2006 07:50:43 -0500 From: Gerard Seibert <gerard@seibercom.net> To: User Questions <freebsd-questions@freebsd.org> Cc: Graham Bentley <admin@cpcnw.co.uk> Subject: Re: simple question...how to show packages which depend upon Message-ID: <20061130074558.7344.GERARD@seibercom.net> In-Reply-To: <009001c7147a$a1ded750$1c07a8c0@CPC> References: <009001c7147a$a1ded750$1c07a8c0@CPC>
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On Thursday November 30, 2006 at 07:25:32 (AM) Graham Bentley wrote:
> And ... how to remove a package and all the packages
> it sucked in ?
>
> All I get from pkg_delete that it isnt even installed when
> I know it is because that was the previous command I
> just ran !!!
Are you sure you are feedin it the correct information? Try this:
pkg_info -Ix PROGRAM_NAME (-> gives you the exact installed
version of PROGRAM_NAME installed.)
Now feed that to:
pkg_delete -vdfr PROGRAM_NAME
That should do it.
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