Date: Tue, 31 Jul 2007 10:25:43 -0500 From: Reid Linnemann <lreid@cs.okstate.edu> To: Noah <admin2@enabled.com> Cc: User Questions <freebsd-questions@freebsd.org> Subject: Re: cant uninstall nessus-gtk2-2.2.9_1 Message-ID: <46AF5477.40008@cs.okstate.edu> In-Reply-To: <46AF392B.9010000@enabled.com> References: <46AF392B.9010000@enabled.com>
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Written by Noah on 07/31/07 08:29>> > > Hi there, > > I am having a bit of trouble with the nessus installation at the moment. > any clues how I can fully remove it and install it properly. > > > access1# pkg_info | grep nessus > pkg_info: show_file: can't open '+COMMENT' for reading > nessus-gtk2-2.2.9_1 ??? > nessus-libnasl-2.2.9 Nessus Attack Scripting Language > nessus-libraries-2.2.9 Libraries for Nessus, the security scanner > access1# pkg_delete -f nessus > pkg_delete: package 'nessus-gtk2-2.2.9_1' doesn't have a prefix > access1# > > > Cheers, > > Noah > > _______________________________________________ > freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list > http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions > To unsubscribe, send any mail to > "freebsd-questions-unsubscribe@freebsd.org" Looks like your pkg db for that package is hosed; for certain it is missing the +COMMENTS file, and I would also wager that +CONTENTS is missing or corrupted. I would recommend deleting the /var/db/pkg/nessus-gtk2-2.2.9_1 directory, then reinstall the package/port.
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