Date: Sat, 25 Jan 2014 18:44:56 +0000 From: Matthew Seaman <m.seaman@infracaninophile.co.uk> To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: pkg command to remove multiple packages Message-ID: <52E40628.2050505@infracaninophile.co.uk> In-Reply-To: <1481503.WyXhS8WgeP@kontrol.kode5.net> References: <52E38EB5.3080604@gmail.com> <52E39294.3010106@FreeBSD.org> <1481503.WyXhS8WgeP@kontrol.kode5.net>
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This is an OpenPGP/MIME signed message (RFC 4880 and 3156) --ueGKAOtEq22HjRDTTRk60he2nraj3QFD9 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable On 25/01/2014 15:51, James Griffin wrote: > On Saturday 25 January 2014 10:31:48 Matthew Seaman wrote: >> On 25/01/2014 10:15, James Griffin wrote: >>> Hi >>> >>> With this new pkgng thing, if I use 'pkg delete -R -x xfce' will it >>> remove all the stuff related to the xfce4 installation. I had to use >>> ports to build xfce4 because there wasn't a meta-pkg to install (at >>> least not that I could find), but i'm using kde4 now instead. Could=20 > do >>> with the disk space. >>> >>> I guess that command won't find a few bits like thunar and some=20 > libs. >> >> 'pkg deinstall -R pkgname' deletes pkgname and everything that=20 > requires >> pkgname, which is 90% of what you need. >> >> The remaining 10% can be cleaned up by: >> >> pkg autoremove >> >> This deletes packages that were installed solely to fulfill the >> dependencies of pkgname -- if you're building your packages locally=20 > with >> portmaster / portupgrade or similar, it should try and remove any=20 > build >> dependencies[*] too, which may or may not be what you want. Also,=20 > it >> won't remove a package if something else has subsequently been=20 > installed >> that also requires it. >> >> Cheers, >> >> Matthew >> >> [*] pkg(8) only ever considers run-time dependencies. >=20 > Are you sure 'pkg deinstall ...' is right? I don't see deinstall as an = > available argument to use. Am I missing something here? Err -- no. It's 'pkg delete' --- "pkg deinstall" is just something my fingers want to produce in defiance of my brain. Cheers, Matthew --=20 Dr Matthew J Seaman MA, D.Phil. PGP: http://www.infracaninophile.co.uk/pgpkey JID: matthew@infracaninophile.co.uk --ueGKAOtEq22HjRDTTRk60he2nraj3QFD9 Content-Type: application/pgp-signature; name="signature.asc" Content-Description: OpenPGP digital signature Content-Disposition: attachment; filename="signature.asc" -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG/MacGPG2 v2.0.20 (Darwin) Comment: Using GnuPG with Thunderbird - http://www.enigmail.net/ iQJ8BAEBCgBmBQJS5AYyXxSAAAAAAC4AKGlzc3Vlci1mcHJAbm90YXRpb25zLm9w ZW5wZ3AuZmlmdGhob3JzZW1hbi5uZXQ2NTNBNjhCOTEzQTRFNkNGM0UxRTEzMjZC QjIzQUY1MThFMUE0MDEzAAoJELsjr1GOGkAT8sIQAJXayXZQL7RPN55DPAkSlsdE 0NqUqgXMFWR1pU7j5ORotoEWjQUQ0hVfH/yE8dGTkCwMi3CJitWmpO70OyARBdsC ewIsCAPgomrrRCJBIrQ/qfIIB2vxvayQU9BNqq6BEJF4gXqXLbER8odnjqU9fomI mACdJ0+2Wdf6Uol6oy1H0XhBaWiy11I615G8GsNbouDKp3iSmY2HLmxyXJSQ7f6y sqlkFpnDtGnuYNd0HN0F+6gFqiyonU8JgNoVuImLrKtHYb+WqRT1jWKdINGPT9bD HmFXs0ewVaPxrYGnHmyspAT+AxlxofltPSd1fbEgXD+GCMhc0SXo9FtwgMB9uHP2 T3WhsT3M22a0bKTeARycvXKoHN4yTf2KHjwS7o2esyXM2ljrbjnI/QNYRspn8VSY JObzwkhQTiVb27D1ehkethLDykMuXbnXwNKeYNfWS/KNw4nOmBTsvU77Po4AjOEY pb87D/pq1E11V+H9JVPswYyl0MGcOAPhXFewU4lNRAVM2tldTGXoTMBKs4Cn0O0W mHUgFlwTgiMkN1fOXToT1Es6PQAAIiiW87hQ34Lux6Q21PyS8MJsryzv9A4xt582 lH7J7OXdfkDM/s+l2+3b/ub87zTuqD3zDLyPezdegpm6LKlLKF7bKIOjevs9nyJA wWYJuwhDw/9ZsJySvifW =zt39 -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --ueGKAOtEq22HjRDTTRk60he2nraj3QFD9--
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