From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Sat Dec 11 23:58:04 2004 Return-Path: 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 7431B16A4CE for ; Sat, 11 Dec 2004 23:58:04 +0000 (GMT) Received: from lariat.org (lariat.org [63.229.157.2]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id C167A43D64 for ; Sat, 11 Dec 2004 23:58:03 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from brett@lariat.org) Received: from runaround.lariat.org (IDENT:ppp1000.lariat.org@lariat.org [63.229.157.2]) by lariat.org (8.9.3/8.9.3) with ESMTP id QAA01970; Sat, 11 Dec 2004 16:57:58 -0700 (MST) X-message-flag: Warning! Use of Microsoft Outlook renders your system susceptible to Internet worms. Message-Id: <6.2.0.14.2.20041211165724.05a6a2d0@localhost> X-Mailer: QUALCOMM Windows Eudora Version 6.2.0.14 Date: Sat, 11 Dec 2004 16:57:57 -0700 To: Chuck Swiger From: Brett Glass In-Reply-To: <41BB87FB.7090700@mac.com> References: <6.2.0.14.2.20041211162451.05b17c98@localhost> <41BB87FB.7090700@mac.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" cc: questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Un-GNOME-ing a FreeBSD box X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.1 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Sat, 11 Dec 2004 23:58:04 -0000 Chuck: I'm unfamiliar with "pkgdb". What does it do? --Brett At 04:51 PM 12/11/2004, Chuck Swiger wrote: >Brett Glass wrote: >[ ... ] >>What's the best way to un-GNOME his system automatically? Or would it >>be simpler to tell him to save his configuration files and reinstall the OS from scratch -- as if his hard drive had crashed? > >pkg_delete -x gnome x11 > >...possibly followed by a "pkgdb -fu" and then a "portupgrade -ai". > >-- >-Chuck