Re: commandline to remove a package and its dependencies

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On Tue, 26 Jun 2007 15:52:56 +0800
Zhang Weiwu <zhangweiwurealss.com> wrote:

> From: Zhang Weiwu <zhangweiwurealss.com>
> To: Norberto Meijome <freebsdmeijome.net>
> Subject: commandline to remove a package and its
dependencies
> Date: Tue, 26 Jun 2007 15:52:56 +0800
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> Organization: Real Softservice
> 
> Dear list
> 
> Stupid question again. Is there a commandline tool that
I can use to
> remove a package 'wmaker', and then it will prompt me
if I wish to
> remove packages that was required only by 'wmaker' and
after wmaker is
> removed, become required by no other packages. Such
packages existed
> only for 'wmaker' is very likely should be removed
together with wmaker.

Hi Zhang,
you basically want to remove "leaves" from the
package tree - install
pkg_cutleaves from ports :

pkg_cutleaves-20061113 Interactive script for deinstalling
'leaf' packages

I suggest you run it interactively, as well as creating a
file with exclusions
(there are some leaves that you want to keep of course). I
run it as :

[betomayiin] [Tue Jun 26 20:43:55 2007]
/usr/home/betom
$ cat bin/show_pkg_leaves.sh 
#!/bin/sh
pkg_cutleaves -xcl

HIH,
Beto
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On 26/06/07, Norberto Meijome <freebsdmeijome.net> wrote:
> [ added freebsd-questions to CC: ]
>
> On Tue, 26 Jun 2007 15:52:56 +0800
> Zhang Weiwu <zhangweiwurealss.com> wrote:
>
> > From: Zhang Weiwu <zhangweiwurealss.com>
> > To: Norberto Meijome <freebsdmeijome.net>
> > Subject: commandline to remove a package and its
dependencies
> > Date: Tue, 26 Jun 2007 15:52:56 +0800
> > X-Mailer: Evolution 2.8.2
> > Organization: Real Softservice
> >
> > Dear list
> >
> > Stupid question again. Is there a commandline tool
that I can use to
> > remove a package 'wmaker', and then it will prompt
me if I wish to
> > remove packages that was required only by 'wmaker'
and after wmaker is
> > removed, become required by no other packages.
Such packages existed
> > only for 'wmaker' is very likely should be removed
together with wmaker.
>
> Hi Zhang,
> you basically want to remove "leaves" from
the package tree - install
> pkg_cutleaves from ports :
>
> pkg_cutleaves-20061113 Interactive script for
deinstalling 'leaf' packages
>
> I suggest you run it interactively, as well as creating
a file with exclusions
> (there are some leaves that you want to keep of
course). I run it as :
>
> [betomayiin] [Tue Jun 26 20:43:55 2007]
> /usr/home/betom
> $ cat bin/show_pkg_leaves.sh
> #!/bin/sh
> pkg_cutleaves -xcl

For something htat is part of the extant base:
# pkg_delete -rd quack-bark-9.9.9

Though you may want to add -n the first go.

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