Date: Mon, 12 Mar 2001 08:44:00 +0100 From: Christoph Sold <so@server.i-clue.de> To: Duraid <latif2221@home.com> Cc: "freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG" <freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG> Subject: Re: Install, Upgrade and Deinstall??? Message-ID: <3AAC7E40.A0E6AEC2@i-clue.de> References: <3AA9B7B8.F054AB0F@home.com>
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Duraid schrieb: > > ok .. here is the senario: > i go and install gnome and then i decide that i want to install the > newest version of kde .. so i cvsup my ports and install kde.. now i > want to remove gnome from the ports using make deinstall but it doestn't > work because the gnome port is not the same used for the installation > and i can't go and delete the packages because there were lot's of > dependencies that i don't know (im talking in general). > so what is the best strategy to install update uninstall packages while > keeping a clean system that doesn't need to be reinstalled after six > month's to update it??? pkg_info -aI tells you the names off all installed packages. The gnome port tells you which packages belong to the gnome desktop. pkg_delete <pkg_name> (the name you got from pkg_info, including the version numbers) deletes the old stuff. HTH -Christoph Sold To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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