Date: Thu, 28 Jan 1999 16:19:57 GMT From: Marty Cawthon <mrc@ChipChat.com> To: questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Deinstall a port that has been updated Message-ID: <19990128161957V.mrc@ChipChat.com> In-Reply-To: Your message of "Wed, 27 Jan 1999 22:46:10 -0500" <36AFDD82.9D6F7DC7@ipass.net> References: <36AFDD82.9D6F7DC7@ipass.net>
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Hello BSDaemons! <SNIP> from Marty Cawthon's question >> # make deinstall >> ==> deinstalling for ja-netscape-communicator-4.08 >> pkg_delete: no such package 'ja-netscape-communicator-4.08' installed >> ** Error code 1 <SNIP> from Chris Johnson's reply > Don't try to use "make deinstall." Use pkg_delete directly instead. ><SNIP> > $ pkg_delete ja-netscape-communicator-4.07 <SNIP> Thank you to Chris Johnson, Michael Mercer, and Lowell Gilbert for your replies. Following your recommendations I used 'pkg_delete' to remove Netscape Comm 4.07. I am satisified. However, a question remains, as my understanding of 'ports' and 'packages' is as follows: ------------------------------------------------------------------ Ports: Packages ------ ----------- install with 'make install' install with 'pkg_add' remove with 'make deinstall' remove with 'pkg_delete' ------------------------------------------------------------------ In the 'man' pages for 'ports' there is a make option: 'reinstall' for restoring ports that were removed with 'pkg_delete' when they should have been removed with 'port deinstall'. This implies that a 'pkg_delete' may not be the correct way of deleting a port. One thought: Because Netscape is binary code, perhaps the 'port' is the same as the 'package'? Any comments that will help to set me straight with respect to deleting PORTS and deleting PACKAGES will be appreciated. Marty Cawthon ChipChat To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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