Date: Sat, 3 Nov 2001 21:53:35 -0800 (PST) From: Terminator <jimmy@mtc.dhs.org> To: Andreas Ntaflos <ntaflos.andreas@gmx.net> Cc: <freebsd-questions@freebsd.org> Subject: Re: cleanly uninstall software package Message-ID: <20011103215102.O85206-100000@packet.mtc.dhs.org> In-Reply-To: <20011104045022.B696@Deadcell.ANT>
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-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 That's terrible! Fortunately I just want to get rid of X, if I want to remove other thing, perhaps I shall rm -rf / and restart the installation procedure. ;-) I really hope uninstall can be a feature for BASE packages, just like Slackware Linux. On Sun, 4 Nov 2001, Andreas Ntaflos wrote: > Nothing concerning XFree86 is in the packages database? If that's really > the case, maybe rm -rf /usr/X11R6 is the best way if you do not need X > at all. Although I don't find it a very clean way to get rid of it ;) > May break some dependencies or so too. > > But try it, if it screws up, you still have the chance to reinstall > X and deinstall it cleanly afterwards.. -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.0.6 (FreeBSD) Comment: For info see http://www.gnupg.org iEYEARECAAYFAjvk1+IACgkQVieKrU8JxnlJTwCgkXggfR1uuVIC9qYXnrxVDhEK W/QAoL3IqLzZm4nyQ/EsRm13eru1vv6o =38fP -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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