Date: Thu, 24 Jun 2004 16:35:13 -0400 From: epilogue@allstream.net To: epilogue@allstream.net Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: pkg_delete multimedia/mplayer doesn't work Message-ID: <20040624163513.47e3ad18@localhost> In-Reply-To: <20040624162006.607614c0@localhost> References: <1088099449.25991.8.camel@hl63n2fls22o18.bredband.comhem.se> <20040624151531.5e14d95d@localhost> <1088107825.8205.9.camel@hl63n2fls22o18.bredband.comhem.se> <20040624162006.607614c0@localhost>
next in thread | previous in thread | raw e-mail | index | archive | help
On Thu, 24 Jun 2004 16:20:06 -0400 epilogue@allstream.net wrote: > On Thu, 24 Jun 2004 22:10:25 +0200 > jobse <jobse@u90.kks.kau.se> wrote: > > > On Thu, 2004-06-24 at 21:15, epilogue@allstream.net wrote: > > > On Thu, 24 Jun 2004 19:50:50 +0200 > > > jobse <jobse@u90.kks.kau.se> wrote: > > > > > > > hello > > > > I do like this from /usr/ports. > > > > pkg_delete multimedia/mplayer*, right. also, it's not 'pkg_delete multimedia/mplayer*' it would be 'pkg_delete mplayer-gtk-0.92.1_1' (substituted by whatever 'pkg_info | grep -i mplay' returns as the mplayer version installed) you might want to consider rereading the handbook section on working with ports as well as the pkg_delete man page, while i should definitely concentrate on more closely reading e-mails. ;) good luck. epi out. > though cd to the mplayer ports dir followed by make deinstall 'should' > have solved the problem, i just noticed another detail worth mentioning. > > you're using pkg_delete here. i do not believe that it accepts shell > globs (like * or ?). you might have better luck with pkg_deinstall -- > part of the tools installed by /sysutils/portupgrade, which i *highly* > recommend. > > > > > When I go into the directory of ports/mplayer and > > > > try deinstall it. It says deinstalling for mplayer, but > > > > afterwars I can still run it. > > > > > > if everything was originally installed via ports or packages and > > > nothing moved, this is highly unusual. > > yeah, isn't it weird? > > > > > > try a few of these commands to gather some info: > > > > > > which mplayer > > > mplayer -v > > > locate mplayer > > > find / -name mplayer -print > > > find / -path \*mplayer\* -print | more > > > > I will try them out and do some digging. > > > > > hope this helps. > > > > thanx > > /jobse > > > > > > > > > > > cheers, > > > epi > > > > > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > > > freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list > > > > http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions > > > > To unsubscribe, send any mail to > > > > "freebsd-questions-unsubscribe@freebsd.org" > > > > > > > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list > http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions > To unsubscribe, send any mail to > "freebsd-questions-unsubscribe@freebsd.org" >
Want to link to this message? Use this URL: <https://mail-archive.FreeBSD.org/cgi/mid.cgi?20040624163513.47e3ad18>