Date: Fri, 8 May 1998 10:41:53 +0000 (GMT) From: "Jason C. Wells" <jcwells@u.washington.edu> To: "Zdzislaw A. Kaleta" <sbns@polbox.com> Cc: "freebsd-questions@freebsd.org" <freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG> Subject: Re: unnecessary files Message-ID: <Pine.BSF.3.96.980508103807.223F-100000@s8-37-26.student.washington.edu> In-Reply-To: <8463.980508@polbox.com>
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On Fri, 8 May 1998, Zdzislaw A. Kaleta wrote: >Hello Freebsd-questions, > > Using FreeBSD from some time I have a problem. I suspect that when I > install new version of the program the files form old one stay on the > machine. I has such situation with perl 4 and perl 5 which create > problem with installing new KDE version so I have two question: > -How asure that old files are removed especially if I don't > use pkg_add > -how check which files are not necessary on the system. I highly recommend using pkg_add for _EVERYTHING_ you put on your FreeBSD system for this very reason. If you use pkg_add then things will be properly removed when you use pkg_delete. The only way to insure that files are removed if you don't use pkg_add is to get out your pen and paper and write down where everything goes. But this will not tell you if more than one piece of software needs a certain file. This is very hard to track manually. Also, FreeBSD is much better than M$ and software that runs on M$ for removing stuff correctly. Thank you, | Try some of this. It will show you where you're at. Jason Wells | http://www.freebsd.org/ To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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