From owner-freebsd-questions Sun Aug 12 23:56:34 2001 Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from helios.soupnazi.org (helios.soupnazi.org [64.81.252.113]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id C175937B40A for ; Sun, 12 Aug 2001 23:56:30 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from mij@soupnazi.org) Received: by helios.soupnazi.org (Postfix, from userid 1000) id 4B31631D5; Sun, 12 Aug 2001 23:56:30 -0700 (PDT) Date: Sun, 12 Aug 2001 23:56:29 -0700 From: Jim Mock To: Ron Smith Cc: questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: PKG_DELETE Message-ID: <20010812235629.A18091@helios.soupnazi.org> Reply-To: mij@soupnazi.org References: Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: User-Agent: Mutt/1.3.20i Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk List-ID: List-Archive: (Web Archive) List-Help: (List Instructions) List-Subscribe: List-Unsubscribe: X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG On Sun, 12 Aug 2001 at 21:45:41 -0700, Ron Smith wrote: > Does anyone know how to delete/uninstall/deinstall a package that was > installed using '/stand/sysinstall' and downloaded from FreeBSD's ftp > site? > > re: 'gnome+sawfish' > > I took a look at the contents of '/var/db/pkg/' and noticed all the > bits and pieces for that package. But, I was hoping to run across a > file that kept track of the install and contained a *complete* list of > all the bits and pieces that are undoubtedly stashed there and in > other places. > > Does anyone know if the ftp site has a delete/uninstall/deinstall tool > that I can reach with '/stand/sysinstall'? Use pkg_delete(1) and remove each one that you want to get rid of. - jim -- jim mock tech writer | iXsystems, Inc. http://soupnazi.org/ work: jim@ixsystems.net | jim@FreeBSD.org To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message