Date: Fri, 26 Jan 2001 15:45:03 -0500 From: "Matthew Emmerton" <matt@gsicomp.on.ca> To: <doug.poland@omniresources.com>, <freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG> Subject: Re: Ports and packages Message-ID: <006d01c087d8$dc051460$1200a8c0@gsicomp.on.ca> References: <200101261734.LAA12716@earth.execpc.com>
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> Hi, > > I have a question about managing ports and packages. When I > install a port, I can also see it when I run pkg_info. So, > is it a port, or is it a package? All ports, once installed, are considered installed packages. (Instead of doing a 'make install' from a port, try a 'make package' and then a 'pkg_add'. The end result is the same.) > If I want to remove it, would I do a "pkg_delete" or > "make deinstall"? Usually 'pkg_delete' is the best way to do it, since its actions are based on the plist created when you installed the port. The hazard with doing a 'make desintall' is that if your ports tree has been updated, then it may do something applicable to a newer version of the port, which you don't have installed and sometimes version checking doesn't always catch. -- Matt Emmerton To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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