Date: Mon, 24 Sep 2007 13:40:41 +0100 From: RW <mlt01@mlists.homeunix.com> To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: The best way to keep the system clean? Message-ID: <20070924134041.1d7bfb69@gumby.homeunix.com.> In-Reply-To: <1190636701.2907.3.camel@viola.izb.knu.ac.kr> References: <38b9f0350709240517x5d6f976fn9fb2f76105dc51e6@mail.gmail.com> <1190636701.2907.3.camel@viola.izb.knu.ac.kr>
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On Mon, 24 Sep 2007 21:25:01 +0900 Byung-Hee HWANG <bh@izb.knu.ac.kr> wrote: > On Mon, 2007-09-24 at 20:17 +0800, ronggui wrote: > > My problem, many times I install some software from ports, it > > install the dependency software. Then after some time, I find that > > software isn't what I want, and deinstall it. At this point, the > > dependency software isn't necessary as well. Is there a way to > > clean them automatically, like the apt-get autoremove in the Ubuntu > > system. > > > > > The best way is using -RELEASE anytime. That's enough to me. If I need > to install/deinstall, I use pkg_add/pkg_delete. It's just my opinion. That doesn't remove unwanted dependencies, which is what the question was about. Try ports-mgmt/pkg_cutleaves or, if you have portmanager installed look at the -slid option. > > And the related general question is, what's the best way to keep my > > system clean? Thanks. Another important tool is portsclean (installed with portupgrade), which cleans-out obsolete distfiles, packages, and build directories. Also look at the options in /etc/defaults/periodic.conf and /etc/defaults/rc.conf which contain some useful scripts for automatically deleting things.
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