Date: Mon, 21 Nov 2005 15:07:40 +0000 From: Alex Zbyslaw <xfb52@dial.pipex.com> To: Javier Matos <javierlu@gmail.com> Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: uninstalling packages... Message-ID: <4381E2BC.2050306@dial.pipex.com> In-Reply-To: <000e01c5eea9$727681e0$0301a8c0@mindcrash> References: <000e01c5eea9$727681e0$0301a8c0@mindcrash>
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Javier Matos wrote: >Hello, I want information about uninstallation of packages. I know how to perform that kind of actions but I really want to know if something like pkg_add "a_package" and then pkg_delete "a_package" really delete ALL FILES installed with pkg_add command. > > In short, yes. This isn't windows :-) The long answer is that each package provides information about what files it installs and thus what files to de-install. So the maintainer of the package/port has to get the list of files correct, but I've rarely seen any problems. So if you find that a package isn't deleting something you should ask here or contact the port maintainer. However, if you create any local configuration files (say, for example, /usr/local/etc/smartd.conf, or user specific openoffice directories) they shouldn't be deleted. --Alex
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