Date: Fri, 18 Feb 2005 14:54:54 -0500 (EST) From: "Ean Kingston" <ean@hedron.org> To: "Matthew Seaman" <m.seaman@infracaninophile.co.uk> Cc: Liste FreeBSD <freebsd-questions@freebsd.org> Subject: Re: Deinstalling perl module installed using CPAN Message-ID: <1082.216.220.59.169.1108756494.squirrel@216.220.59.169> In-Reply-To: <20050218190046.GA78619@gravitas.thebunker.net> References: <bcfc7e4f573961c8b6fc63f1eae2f817@todoo.biz> <20050218190046.GA78619@gravitas.thebunker.net>
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> On Fri, Feb 18, 2005 at 03:55:52PM +0100, BSD todoo wrote: > >> How to deinstall a perl module (bsdpan-MailTools-1.64) that has been >> installed using CPAN ? > > # pkg_delete bsdpan-MailTools-1.64 If it was installed with CPAN, it is not in the FreeBSD package database so how is a pkg_delete going to uninstall it? Last time I checked, CPAN did not have an uninstall option. Does anyone know any better? I think you can get an install list out of the source (which might be somewhere in ~/.cpan) and remove all the appropriate files by hand but this might leave perl in an unstable state. -- Ean Kingston E-Mail: ean_AT_hedron_DOT_org URL: http://www.hedron.org/
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