Date: Sun, 2 Jul 2000 18:18:31 +0530 From: Rahul Siddharthan <rsidd@physics.iisc.ernet.in> To: Salvo Bartolotta <bartequi@inwind.it> Cc: Generic Player <generic@unitedtamers.com>, freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: make deinstall? Message-ID: <20000702181831.A32532@physics.iisc.ernet.in> In-Reply-To: <20000702.13074800@bartequi.ottodomain.org>; from bartequi@inwind.it on Sun, Jul 02, 2000 at 01:07:48PM %2B0000 References: <395F2C3F.CCDAB6E1@unitedtamers.com> <20000702.13074800@bartequi.ottodomain.org>
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Salvo Bartolotta said on Jul 2, 2000 at 13:07:48:
> >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> Original Message <<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<
> > What else do I have to do to remove a program besides make deinstall?
> > How do I find and remove all the documentation and configuration files
> > that the program spreads around my drive?
>
> 'make deinstall', generally speaking, will not always work.
>
> I wrote a detailed enough letter on this subject ("updating ports" or
> something to that effect) a few weeks ago; if it is not available in
> the archives, I'll send you a copy.
To me, make deinstall seems to work if the ports collection (and that
specific port) hasn't been updated in the meantime.
Otherwise, look into the /var/db/pkg directory for your program,
and type pkg_delete <full package name including version>
That seems to work generally. I've heard that make deinstall actually
calls pkg_delete.
Rahul.
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