Date: Mon, 23 Oct 2006 22:31:50 +0100 From: RW <list-freebsd-2004@morbius.sent.com> To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: pkg_add/delete questions Message-ID: <200610232231.52193.list-freebsd-2004@morbius.sent.com> In-Reply-To: <453D1C9A.6020703@mikestammer.com> References: <cf5917110610221852h5d52afbducbfcbe88bbf71345@mail.gmail.com> <200610232043.54859.list-freebsd-2004@morbius.sent.com> <453D1C9A.6020703@mikestammer.com>
next in thread | previous in thread | raw e-mail | index | archive | help
On Monday 23 October 2006 20:48, Eric wrote: > RW wrote: > > On Monday 23 October 2006 16:15, Lowell Gilbert wrote: > >> "Mark Jayson Alvarez" <markjayson.alvarez@gmail.com> writes: > >>> I have several questions: > >>> > >>> 1. If I install a particular package, its dependencies will be > >>> installed as well. Now if I remove it later using pkg_delete, only > >>> that package will be removed and not the dependencies. The reason I > >>> guess is because some other packages may be dependent on those > >>> dependencies as well. Is there a way to remove a particular package > >>> and all of its dependencies (given that no other package is dependent > >>> on those dependencies)? > >> > >> Is the pkg_cutleaves port what you're looking for? > > > > If you build anything from ports, portmanager does a better job as it it > > takes account of build dependencies. > > portmaster has an -s switch that will remove ports no longer needed by > any other ports, so what you can do is say uninstall port A then run > portmaster -s and it will pick up any ports that port A required but > nothing else does and offer to remove them. it is an alternate to > portmanager, so you will not need both. As I said: "portmanager does a better job [than pkg_cutleaves] as it it takes account of build dependencies". Portmaster also only works with runtime dependencies.
Want to link to this message? Use this URL: <https://mail-archive.FreeBSD.org/cgi/mid.cgi?200610232231.52193.list-freebsd-2004>