Date: Thu, 16 Jun 2005 11:21:19 -0500 From: "John Brooks" <john@day-light.com> To: "M. Goodell" <freebsdutah@yahoo.com>, "FreeBSD Questions" <freebsd-questions@freebsd.org> Subject: RE: Complete Port Removal Question Message-ID: <NHBBKEEMKJDINKDJBJHGCEIHJEAD.john@day-light.com> In-Reply-To: <20050616152358.99794.qmail@web32415.mail.mud.yahoo.com>
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"pkg_info -r <pkgname>" shows dependencies "pkg_delete -r <pkgname>" removes pkg and dependencies -- John Brooks john@day-light.com > -----Original Message----- > From: owner-freebsd-questions@freebsd.org > [mailto:owner-freebsd-questions@freebsd.org]On Behalf Of M. Goodell > Sent: Thursday, June 16, 2005 10:24 AM > To: FreeBSD Questions > Subject: Complete Port Removal Question > > > > How can I remove a port and all of it's dependencies from a > system? For example, I installed sqWebmail and tried it out then > decided it's not what we were looking for. Now, I would like to > not only remove sqWebmail but all of the stuff it installed along with it. > > sqwebmail also installed things like: > > - courier-authlib-base-0.56 > - ispell-3.2.06_13 > > and others as well > > Is there a safe / quick way to remove the dependencies for a port > and not break the rest of the system by removing stuff other > things depend on? For example, I don't want to remove Perl > obviously which is a dependency of sqwebmail. > > Thank you, > > FreeBSDUtah > > > > __________________________________________________ > Do You Yahoo!? > Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around > http://mail.yahoo.com > _______________________________________________ > freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list > http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions > To unsubscribe, send any mail to > "freebsd-questions-unsubscribe@freebsd.org" >
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