Date: Mon, 23 Oct 2006 14:48:42 -0500 From: Eric <heli@mikestammer.com> To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: pkg_add/delete questions Message-ID: <453D1C9A.6020703@mikestammer.com> In-Reply-To: <200610232043.54859.list-freebsd-2004@morbius.sent.com> References: <cf5917110610221852h5d52afbducbfcbe88bbf71345@mail.gmail.com> <44hcxvukpi.fsf@be-well.ilk.org> <200610232043.54859.list-freebsd-2004@morbius.sent.com>
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RW wrote: > On Monday 23 October 2006 16:15, Lowell Gilbert wrote: >> "Mark Jayson Alvarez" <markjayson.alvarez@gmail.com> writes: >>> I have several questions: >>> >>> 1. If I install a particular package, its dependencies will be >>> installed as well. Now if I remove it later using pkg_delete, only >>> that package will be removed and not the dependencies. The reason I >>> guess is because some other packages may be dependent on those >>> dependencies as well. Is there a way to remove a particular package >>> and all of its dependencies (given that no other package is dependent >>> on those dependencies)? >> Is the pkg_cutleaves port what you're looking for? > > If you build anything from ports, portmanager does a better job as it it takes > account of build dependencies. portmaster has an -s switch that will remove ports no longer needed by any other ports, so what you can do is say uninstall port A then run portmaster -s and it will pick up any ports that port A required but nothing else does and offer to remove them. it is an alternate to portmanager, so you will not need both.
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