Date: Fri, 13 Nov 1998 17:43:24 +0200 From: Lonewolf <lonewolf@apotheosis.za.org> To: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: pkg_delete usage Message-ID: <19981113174324.A21475@cs.uct.ac.za> In-Reply-To: <364C3E22.FD5B3FB3@idcomm.com>; from "Alex Davidson" on Fri, Nov 13, 1998 at 07:11:46AM References: <364C3E22.FD5B3FB3@idcomm.com>
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On Fri, Nov 13, 1998 at 07:11:46AM -0700, Alex Davidson wrote:
> Having installed some .tgz files using pkg_add I thought I could use
> 'pkg_delete filename' but it says the filename isn't registered (or
> something like that).
> What is the real usage?
>From "man pkg_add":
SYNOPSIS
pkg_add [-vInfRMS] [-t template] [-p prefix] pkg-name [pkg-name ...]
You need to give the package name, not the filename.
iow, instead of "pkg_delete ~/vim-5.3.tgz", you type, "pkg_delete vim-5.3".
You can see a list of packages which are installed by typing "ls /var/db/pkg".
HTH
--lonewolf@apotheosis.za.org
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