Date: Mon, 31 Oct 2005 13:26:33 +0300 From: "Andrew P." <infofarmer@gmail.com> To: George Katsanos <gkatsanos@gmail.com> Cc: questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Basic Port Management.Is there any? Message-ID: <cb5206420510310226x70ad50e1k4e118a28e70c22cd@mail.gmail.com> In-Reply-To: <!~!UENERkVCMDkAAQACAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAABgAAAAAAAAAAwDSDOzhsU2rBtGtW4YaQsKAAAAQAAAAp9%2By%2BACJ50CohQZ7IKYCDAEAAAAA@gmail.com> References: <!~!UENERkVCMDkAAQACAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAABgAAAAAAAAAAwDSDOzhsU2rBtGtW4YaQsKAAAAQAAAAp9%2By%2BACJ50CohQZ7IKYCDAEAAAAA@gmail.com>
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On 10/31/05, George Katsanos <gkatsanos@gmail.com> wrote: > Hello ! , > > > As a fresh Freebsd user[and fan] I am trying to set up my WM / X environm= ent > and choose the apps I will use for basic stuff. > Text Editors , Image viewers , Mail apps , FileManagers. > > So after I see some screenshots [it would be very nice and handy if some > screenshots could be added to the freebsd.org/ports database] I'm making > install the port to check it out. Some times , I decided that I don't lik= e > it . So my first though is to get rid of it , cause I don't want ''trash'= ' > on my system. > I'm making deinstall [or pkg_delete] to remove it. Everything ok so far , > but what about the one zillion dependant pkg's the app made? > You can say , do a pkg_delete -r . Yes but this will may delete also pkgs > that are Needed by other ports/apps.. > > > Is there any good plan solution for this ?... > > _______________________________________________ > freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list > http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions > To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-questions-unsubscribe@freebsd.o= rg" > Just take it easy :-) Most ports try to behave, so unless you're very short of disk space, just let them be there. Once in a while, you can install a tool that deals with "leafs" (there are a few in ports collection). Leafs are ports that are not needed by anything, so you can safely delete them.
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