Date: Sat, 6 Mar 2004 13:46:15 -0800 From: Kent Stewart <kstewart@owt.com> To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org, sellis@telus.net Subject: Re: pkgdb inconsistency Message-ID: <200403061346.15769.kstewart@owt.com> In-Reply-To: <20040306213819.GA610@telus.net> References: <20040306213819.GA610@telus.net>
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On Saturday 06 March 2004 01:38 pm, Sean Ellis wrote: > Hello, > > After removing kde, I think that I used pkg_delete, there are still > lingering kde* instances in my package database. ie > > [1:28pm] [/home/sellis]portversion -l "<" > kdeaddons < > kdeadmin < > kdeartwork < > kdebase < > kdeedu < > kdegames < > kdegraphics < > kdelibs < > kdemultimedia < > kdenetwork < > kdepim < > kdesdk < > kdetoys < > kdeutils < > kdevelop < > kmldonkey < > koffice < > [1:29pm] [/home/sellis] > [1:31pm] [/home/sellis]sudo pkg_delete kdeaddons > Password: > pkg_delete: no such package 'kdeaddons' installed > > etc .. ( pkg_delete'ing the other kd* packages give the same output > ). > > Can anyone let me know how I can straighten this out, or what it is > that I'm doing wrong? > You have to wild card (glob) or use the real name. You can pkg_info | grep kdeaddons and see what the real name is. Kent -- Kent Stewart Richland, WA http://users.owt.com/kstewart/index.html
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