Date: Mon, 23 Oct 2006 11:15:53 -0400 From: Lowell Gilbert <freebsd-questions-local@be-well.ilk.org> To: "Mark Jayson Alvarez" <markjayson.alvarez@gmail.com> Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: pkg_add/delete questions Message-ID: <44hcxvukpi.fsf@be-well.ilk.org> In-Reply-To: <cf5917110610221852h5d52afbducbfcbe88bbf71345@mail.gmail.com> (Mark Jayson Alvarez's message of "Mon, 23 Oct 2006 09:52:31 %2B0800") References: <cf5917110610221852h5d52afbducbfcbe88bbf71345@mail.gmail.com>
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"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? > 2. Is it possible to tell pkg_add to just fetch the package and not > install them? My goal is to use my Internet conn pkg_add(1) can't do that, but the ports makefiles have enough of the logic that putting that together should be quite practical.
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