Pieter de Goeje wrote: > On Sunday 14 June 2009 14:58:46 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. >> >> Thanks, >> Mark Hartkemeyer >> > > "make deinstall" is a good way to remove a program, but it ignores > dependencies as you discovered. Some other program on your system requires > mysql50-client to function and might now be broken. > pkg_delete -f does basically the same. pkg_deinstall (which comes with > portupgrade) also does the trick. > > Before doing a "make deinstall" you can check which installed packages > require > it by: > pkg_info -Rx mysql-client > > If you want to upgrade mysql-client from 5.0 to 5.1, use portupgrade: > portupgrade -rf -o databases/mysql51-client mysql-client > > This will replace mysql50-client with mysql51-client and reinstall all ports > depending on mysql50-client ("-rf"), so they will use the new version. In > this > case the last step probably isn't necessary because the libraries are (mostly > I think) compatible, but in general it is recommended. > > For more information, see "man ports" and "man portupgrade". > >
For an easy interactive program that takes care of dependencies, I would suggest ports-mgmt/pkg_rmleaves _______________________________________________ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-questions-unsubscr...@freebsd.org"