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Date: Sun, 2 Jul 2000 18:18:31 +0530
From: Rahul Siddharthan <rsidd@physics.iisc.ernet.in>
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Subject: Re: make deinstall?
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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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