From owner-freebsd-questions Thu Aug 15 22:56:29 2002 Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.FreeBSD.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 4482837B401 for ; Thu, 15 Aug 2002 22:56:28 -0700 (PDT) Received: from digger1.defence.gov.au (digger1.defence.gov.au [203.5.217.4]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id B827043E6A for ; Thu, 15 Aug 2002 22:56:26 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from Alex.Wilkinson@dsto.defence.gov.au) Received: from dsto-ms2.dsto.defence.gov.au (dsto-ms2.dsto.defence.gov.au [131.185.2.150]) by digger1.defence.gov.au (8.10.1/8.10.1) with ESMTP id g7G5sre12885 for ; Fri, 16 Aug 2002 15:24:53 +0930 (CST) Received: from muttley.dsto.defence.gov.au (unverified) by dsto-ms2.dsto.defence.gov.au (Content Technologies SMTPRS 4.1.5) with ESMTP id ; Fri, 16 Aug 2002 15:26:18 +0930 Received: from salex001.dsto.defence.gov.au (salex001.dsto.defence.gov.au [131.185.2.9]) by muttley.dsto.defence.gov.au (8.9.3/8.9.3/8.9.3.LMD.990513) with ESMTP id PAA31201; Fri, 16 Aug 2002 15:17:48 +0930 (CST) Received: from squirm.dsto.defence.gov.au ([131.185.75.211]) by salex001.dsto.defence.gov.au with SMTP (Microsoft Exchange Internet Mail Service Version 5.5.2653.13) id PMGCXSWP; Fri, 16 Aug 2002 15:17:48 +0930 Date: Fri, 16 Aug 2002 15:06:51 +0930 (CST) From: "Wilkinson,Alex" X-X-Sender: wilkinsa@squirm.dsto.defence.gov.au Reply-To: Alex.Wilkinson@dsto.defence.gov.au To: Beech Rintoul Cc: ozdemir dogan , Subject: Re: couldn't delete pkg In-Reply-To: <20020815190318.D895D6E3@nebula.anchoragerescue.org> Message-ID: <20020816150449.K93576-100000@squirm.dsto.defence.gov.au> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk List-ID: List-Archive: (Web Archive) List-Help: (List Instructions) List-Subscribe: List-Unsubscribe: X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG Or shell> pkg_delete -v /var/db/pkgs/ymessenger* - Alex type pkg_info | grep ymessenger That will give you the installed package name type pkg_delete -vf packagename <---------- must be exactly the same as what pkg_info displays. To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message