Remove a Port and All Dependencies

[Babak Farrokhi]

Jeff,

'pkg_deinstall -R portname' should work in this case.

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Babak Farrokhi
babak at farrokhi.net

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> From: owner-freebsd-ports at freebsd.org 
> [mailto:owner-freebsd-ports at freebsd.org] On Behalf Of Jeff Cross
> Sent: Friday, February 24, 2006 9:59 PM
> To: freebsd-ports at freebsd.org; freebsd-questions at freebsd.org
> Subject: Remove a Port and All Dependencies
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> I would like to know if it is possible to remove a 
> port/package and all of the dependencies it installed that 
> are not needed by other applications.
> 
> Example: I installed Nautilus and some Gnome games but don't 
> want them installed any longer.  However, if I remove the 
> package itself, doesn't it leave all of the other 
> dependencies out there?
> 
> Upgrading my system takes forever now that there are a ton of 
> libs and such installed by these applications.  So, if anyone 
> can point me in the right direction for doing this I would 
> greatly appreciate it.
> 
> Jeff Cross
> 
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