Date: Wed, 3 Jun 2009 12:26:21 +0300 From: Dan Naumov <dan.naumov@gmail.com> To: Wojciech Puchar <wojtek@wojtek.tensor.gdynia.pl> Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: pkg_deinstall: "delete all packages installed, except for X, Y and Z" Message-ID: <cf9b1ee00906030226l7dcbf8fcm5a90bf41797e5905@mail.gmail.com> In-Reply-To: <alpine.BSF.2.00.0906031108520.50563@wojtek.tensor.gdynia.pl> References: <cf9b1ee00906030138w148c923j67f7422491bf5cb2@mail.gmail.com> <alpine.BSF.2.00.0906031108520.50563@wojtek.tensor.gdynia.pl>
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Thanks a lot, this worked like a charm! - Dan Naumov On Wed, Jun 3, 2009 at 12:09 PM, Wojciech Puchar<wojtek@wojtek.tensor.gdynia.pl> wrote: >> Hello list. >> >> I am trying to clean up a system with a LOT of cruft. Is there some >> argument I could pass to pkg_deinstall that would result in "delete >> all packages installed, except for X, Y and Z" (and obviously their >> dependancies)? > > just do > > pkg_info |cut -f 1 -d " " >/tmp/pkglist > edit pkglist and delete lines X, Y and Z > > do > > pkg_delete `cat /tmp/pkglist` > rm /tmp/pkglist > > ignore errors about package can't be deleted because X, Y or Z requires it. > it's exactly what you want. >
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