From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Mon Oct 31 10:26:35 2005 Return-Path: X-Original-To: questions@freebsd.org Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 142E816A41F for ; Mon, 31 Oct 2005 10:26:35 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from infofarmer@gmail.com) Received: from zproxy.gmail.com (zproxy.gmail.com [64.233.162.202]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 2E60C43D4C for ; Mon, 31 Oct 2005 10:26:34 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from infofarmer@gmail.com) Received: by zproxy.gmail.com with SMTP id x3so849005nzd for ; Mon, 31 Oct 2005 02:26:33 -0800 (PST) DomainKey-Signature: a=rsa-sha1; q=dns; c=nofws; s=beta; d=gmail.com; h=received:message-id:date:from:to:subject:cc:in-reply-to:mime-version:content-type:content-transfer-encoding:content-disposition:references; b=E/sUAJGLIeOnHqLojNf6pIzfS0VYyWD3quhn7ia7J9cpXEF3/SDDh0swRXTT3q7TsXj88mhY5i4C4ASu2HJuTl3V+TtOstVdEEMc7Xf+0zUCvF4TiJpg+lmoOCrCQN3H3izd9wxaM7lwsTl6OX5FW5uSskxD906rvuzlJGpYFDI= Received: by 10.36.74.8 with SMTP id w8mr1833556nza; Mon, 31 Oct 2005 02:26:33 -0800 (PST) Received: by 10.37.20.34 with HTTP; Mon, 31 Oct 2005 02:26:33 -0800 (PST) Message-ID: Date: Mon, 31 Oct 2005 13:26:33 +0300 From: "Andrew P." To: George Katsanos In-Reply-To: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Content-Disposition: inline References: Cc: questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Basic Port Management.Is there any? X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Mon, 31 Oct 2005 10:26:35 -0000 On 10/31/05, George Katsanos 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.