Date: Sun, 14 Jun 2009 22:45:42 +0300 From: =?ISO-8859-1?Q?Ott_K=F6stner?= <OttK@zzz.ee> To: Mark Hartkemeyer <hartkemd@gmail.com> Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: what is the best way to remove a program? Message-ID: <4A355366.9040804@zzz.ee> In-Reply-To: <4096aedd0906140558x5ad1b562h2c43a0b36051a40e@mail.gmail.com> References: <4096aedd0906140558x5ad1b562h2c43a0b36051a40e@mail.gmail.com>
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This is a multi-part message in MIME format. --------------060209060104030900090300 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Mark Hartkemeyer wrote: > I was installing the mysql51-server port and I had a message that the > install could not proceed, because mysql50-client was already > installed. I simply ran a "cd" and then a "make deinstall" in the > mysql50-client directory. Is this is the best way to remove a > program? Does it depend on how the program was added (compiled versus > prebuilt binary added with pkg_add -r)? I've tried pkg_delete in the > past, but it seems to always complain about dependencies and not > actually remove the program. > In this case, pkg_delete should do the work for you. with best regards, Ott --------------060209060104030900090300--
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