Date: Tue, 6 Nov 2001 12:22:41 -0500 (EST) From: Vivek Khera <khera@kcilink.com> To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: cleanly uninstall software package Message-ID: <200111061722.fA6HMfV02108@onceler.kciLink.com> References: <Pine.LNX.4.33.0111021407410.3905-100000@www.mtc.dhs.org>
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>>>>> "j" == jimmy <Terminator> writes: j> I wanna uninstall some software packages that I installed during j> installation, but they are not listed in /var/db/pkg, i.e. j> XFree86. How to cleanly uninstall the packages? I don't want to j> rm -rf /usr/X11R6... ;-) I asked this before, and was told that XFree86 is "special" in that during the system install, it is not considered a package. The only way to rid yourself of it is to rm -r /usr/X11R6 and maybe some other stuff in /etc. All of your other packages should be listed properly. -- =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= Vivek Khera, Ph.D. Khera Communications, Inc. Internet: khera@kciLink.com Rockville, MD +1-240-453-8497 AIM: vivekkhera Y!: vivek_khera http://www.khera.org/~vivek/ To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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