From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Tue Dec 2 15:45:47 2008 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 9553A1065672 for ; Tue, 2 Dec 2008 15:45:47 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from mail@ozzmosis.com) Received: from smtp.mel.people.net.au (smtp.mel.people.net.au [218.214.17.98]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with SMTP id C53EF8FC18 for ; Tue, 2 Dec 2008 15:45:46 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from mail@ozzmosis.com) Received: (qmail 5911 invoked from network); 2 Dec 2008 15:45:38 -0000 Received: from unknown (HELO blizzard.dnsalias.org) (218.215.157.115) by smtp.mel.people.net.au with SMTP; 2 Dec 2008 15:45:38 -0000 Received: by blizzard.dnsalias.org (Postfix, from userid 1001) id D0D3617668; Wed, 3 Dec 2008 02:45:36 +1100 (EST) Date: Wed, 3 Dec 2008 02:45:36 +1100 From: andrew clarke To: Masoom Shaikh Message-ID: <20081202154536.GA2158@ozzmosis.com> References: <4934E5DA.6040308@eskk.nu> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.18 (2008-05-17) Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org, Leslie Jensen Subject: Re: Uninstalling kde3 meta-port X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Tue, 02 Dec 2008 15:45:47 -0000 On Tue 2008-12-02 19:26:40 UTC+0530, Masoom Shaikh (masoom.shaikh@gmail.com) wrote: > > How would you guys uninstall a meta-port? > > can try `pkg_delete -a` No Masoom, this is wrong advice. pkg_delete(1) manpage: -a, --all Unconditionally delete all currently installed packages. (Assuming you weren't trying to be "funny"....)