Date: Thu, 12 Jul 2001 20:38:45 -0400 (EDT) From: Francisco Reyes <lists@natserv.com> To: "Ramoncito P. Puyat" <nitronarc@foresightone.com> Cc: <freebsd-stable@FreeBSD.ORG> Subject: Re: difficulty uninstalling ports Message-ID: <20010712203715.J6209-100000@zoraida.natserv.net> In-Reply-To: <5.1.0.14.2.20010713082116.01eac8b0@pop.info.com.ph>
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On Fri, 13 Jul 2001, Ramoncito P. Puyat wrote: > Our system updates its source and ports every friday evening. However, when > we install a port and a new update is received, during deinstallation the > system says that the port was not installed. How do we deinstall the a port > after it has been updated? Use pkg_delete. You need the exact name of the package. You can use "pkg_info |grep -i <part of package name>" to get the exact name. Then use "pkg_delete <exact name>" At some point there were talks about changing pkg_delete so it would take wildcards but last I checked it didn't seem to work. To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-stable" in the body of the message
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