Date: Sun, 14 Jun 2009 16:05:45 +0200 From: Pieter de Goeje <pieter@degoeje.nl> To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: what is the best way to remove a program? Message-ID: <200906141605.45421.pieter@degoeje.nl> In-Reply-To: <4096aedd0906140558x5ad1b562h2c43a0b36051a40e@mail.gmail.com> References: <4096aedd0906140558x5ad1b562h2c43a0b36051a40e@mail.gmail.com>
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On Sunday 14 June 2009 14:58:46 Mark Hartkemeyer wrote:
> I was installing the mysql51-server port and I had a message that the
> install could not proceed, because mysql50-client was already
> installed. I simply ran a "cd" and then a "make deinstall" in the
> mysql50-client directory. Is this is the best way to remove a
> program? Does it depend on how the program was added (compiled versus
> prebuilt binary added with pkg_add -r)? I've tried pkg_delete in the
> past, but it seems to always complain about dependencies and not
> actually remove the program.
>
> Thanks,
> Mark Hartkemeyer
"make deinstall" is a good way to remove a program, but it ignores
dependencies as you discovered. Some other program on your system requires
mysql50-client to function and might now be broken.
pkg_delete -f does basically the same. pkg_deinstall (which comes with
portupgrade) also does the trick.
Before doing a "make deinstall" you can check which installed packages require
it by:
pkg_info -Rx mysql-client
If you want to upgrade mysql-client from 5.0 to 5.1, use portupgrade:
portupgrade -rf -o databases/mysql51-client mysql-client
This will replace mysql50-client with mysql51-client and reinstall all ports
depending on mysql50-client ("-rf"), so they will use the new version. In this
case the last step probably isn't necessary because the libraries are (mostly
I think) compatible, but in general it is recommended.
For more information, see "man ports" and "man portupgrade".
--
Pieter de Goeje
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