From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Tue Sep 23 16:35:52 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 98A921065678 for ; Tue, 23 Sep 2008 16:35:52 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from johnny64@swissjabber.org) Received: from www.real-net.sk (ftp.real-net.sk [89.202.239.1]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 160458FC19 for ; Tue, 23 Sep 2008 16:35:52 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from johnny64@swissjabber.org) Received: from localhost (unknown [127.0.0.1]) by www.real-net.sk (Postfix) with ESMTP id 5E4801435C23 for ; Tue, 23 Sep 2008 16:35:50 +0000 (UTC) X-Virus-Scanned: amavisd-new 2.6.0 (20080423) at real-net.sk Received: from www.real-net.sk ([127.0.0.1]) by localhost (www.real-net.sk [127.0.0.1]) (amavisd-new, port 10024) with ESMTP id a2a2m+y-oobh for ; Tue, 23 Sep 2008 18:35:47 +0200 (CEST) Received: from georg.localdomain (unknown [10.200.9.170]) by www.real-net.sk (Postfix) with ESMTPS id CAE111435EB3 for ; Tue, 23 Sep 2008 18:35:47 +0200 (CEST) Received: from georg.localdomain (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by georg.localdomain (8.14.3/8.14.3) with ESMTP id m8NGZkGM080976 for ; Tue, 23 Sep 2008 18:35:47 +0200 (CEST) (envelope-from johnny64@swissjabber.org) Received: (from johnny64@localhost) by georg.localdomain (8.14.3/8.14.3/Submit) id m8NGZjZE080974 for freebsd-questions@freebsd.org; Tue, 23 Sep 2008 18:35:45 +0200 (CEST) (envelope-from johnny64@swissjabber.org) X-Authentication-Warning: georg.localdomain: johnny64 set sender to johnny64@swissjabber.org using -f Date: Tue, 23 Sep 2008 18:35:45 +0200 From: "(-K JohnNy" To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Message-ID: <20080923163545.GA77659@georg.localdomain> References: <48D7F818.6030409@FreeBSD.org> <276661.7047.qm@web51101.mail.re2.yahoo.com> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: multipart/signed; micalg=pgp-sha1; protocol="application/pgp-signature"; boundary="CE+1k2dSO48ffgeK" Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <276661.7047.qm@web51101.mail.re2.yahoo.com> User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.18 (2008-05-17) Subject: Re: package info is corrupt 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, 23 Sep 2008 16:35:52 -0000 --CE+1k2dSO48ffgeK Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8 Content-Disposition: inline Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable > What now? I tried to deinstall one of them, but no luck: >=20 > [root@zouk /var/db/pkg/gtkmm-2.12.7]# pkg_deinstall gtkmm > ** No matching package found. >=20 > [root@zouk /var/db/pkg/gtkmm-2.12.7]# cat +COMMENT=20 > C++ wrapper for Gtk+, Pango, Atk >=20 > [root@zouk /var/db/pkg/gtkmm-2.12.7]# cat +DESC=20 > C++ wrapper for Gtk+, Pango and Atk. >=20 > WWW: http://gtkmm.sourceforge.net/ > [root@zouk /var/db/pkg/gtkmm-2.12.7]#=20 To deinstall a package, you have to pass the whole package name with the version string included to pkg_delete or pkg_deinstall, or you have the option to use a wildcard, e. g. pkg_deinstall gtkmm-2.12.7 pkg_deinstall gtkmm\* But I'd recommend the first possibility over the second one since the second one would also deinstall any other versions possibly present on your system, which is possible since your installed packages are somehow corrupt. --=20 (-K JohnNy alias Partial Derivative =E2=88=82 [home] http://johnny64.fixinko.sk/ [icq] 338328204 [abandoned] [jabber] JohnNy64@swissjabber.org [skype] JohnNy64-konik [abandoned] --CE+1k2dSO48ffgeK Content-Type: application/pgp-signature Content-Disposition: inline -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v2.0.9 (FreeBSD) iEYEARECAAYFAkjZGuAACgkQ11l9uIBrcFRNIwCgopqQfxZIzPJfCheuO/4igIhU 2OYAoI3Diii/0q8VQeinezWHLS7042LT =eHDj -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --CE+1k2dSO48ffgeK--