Date: Tue, 25 Oct 2005 12:24:25 -0600 From: Pat Maddox <pergesu@gmail.com> To: FreeBSD Questions <freebsd-questions@freebsd.org> Subject: What packages can I deinstall? Message-ID: <810a540e0510251124p54c35257m8fd819d591cfe955@mail.gmail.com>
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I've got a bunch of packages installed on my machine and I'd like to know if I can deinstall any of them. I know what a lot of them do, and know what will happen if I deinstall them. Others, I'm not really sure. For example I've got a package named cclient (http://www.freshports.org/mail/cclient/) installed. If I run pkg_deinstall -n cclient, it says that it'd be removed without any problems. So evidently no other package is depending on this...perhaps it's just an artifact from a package I installed a while back but deinstalled? Basically I'd like to clear out any unused packages. Is it safe to just run on pkg_deinstall -n on any package I don't recognize, and if it isn't required as a dependency for another package go ahead and delete it? Thanks, Pat
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