Date: Mon, 28 Jul 2008 19:15:58 +0200 From: bsd <bsd@todoo.biz> To: Liste FreeBSD <freebsd-questions@freebsd.org> Subject: Re: Deinstalling X and all dependencies[SOLVED] Message-ID: <91610C8C-EAC6-49C0-9CAB-D5836592A08E@todoo.biz> In-Reply-To: <20080727131744.GA71110@ozzmosis.com> References: <0956648E-F93F-40EC-A565-17875757531F@todoo.biz> <20080727131744.GA71110@ozzmosis.com>
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I have opted for the: pkg_delete -a Which has done a great job cleaning everything. Only had to "make clean" in one of the port directory to properly =20 recompile all needed apps. As I had configured root to use /usr/local/bin/bash had to take care =20 to change that with vipw before doing the uninstall / reinstall. Took me half a day for three servers=85 But at least I have a very clean = =20 install with 30 ports instead of 250 !! Thanks everybody for your wise answers. Le 27 juil. 08 =E0 15:17, andrew clarke a =E9crit : > On Sun 2008-07-27 12:52:56 UTC+0200, bsd (bsd@todoo.biz) wrote: > >> I have just received a new system that's planned to be a large =20 >> scale DNS >> server. >> I have asked the guy who has setup the hardware not to install X? >> >> This has been useless!! >> >> I am now ending up with 250 apps in the port tree!! > > He probably just went with the defaults. > >> Is there a good way to get rid of all these useless apps without >> breaking the system? >> What would you suggest? >> >> Like removing X and It's dependencies? >> >> >> I can also remove all apps in the port tree and recompile only the =20= >> one >> needed? >> >> What's best what do you suggest. > > FreeBSD provides a "base system" with software such as a SSH daemon, > Sendmail, BIND, etc. You can uninstall all the packages on your > system, but the FreeBSD base system will still remain. This allows > FreeBSD to boot normally without any packages installed. > > I recommend you uninstall all packages (with 'pkg_delete -a', or > 'pkg_delete -av' if you want to watch all the files being deleted), > then install only what you need from the Ports tree. > > Your DNS server should probably not require any packages to be > installed, as DNS server software (BIND) is provided with the FreeBSD > base system. But that really depends what your requirements are. > > Regards > Andrew =AF=AF=AF=AF=AF=AF=AF=AF=AF=AF=AF=AF=AF=AF=AF=AF=AF=AF=AF=AF=AF=AF=AF=AF=AF= =AF=AF=AF=AF=AF=AF=AF=AF=AF=AF=AF=AF=AF=AF=AF=AF=AF=AF=AF=AF=AF=AF=AF Gregober ---> PGP ID --> 0x1BA3C2FD bsd @at@ todoo.biz =AF=AF=AF=AF=AF=AF=AF=AF=AF=AF=AF=AF=AF=AF=AF=AF=AF=AF=AF=AF=AF=AF=AF=AF=AF= =AF=AF=AF=AF=AF=AF=AF=AF=AF=AF=AF=AF=AF=AF=AF=AF=AF=AF=AF=AF=AF=AF=AF P "Please consider your environmental responsibility before printing =20 this e-mail"
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