Remove a Port and All Dependencies
Aaron Dalton
aaron at freebsd.org
Fri Feb 24 10:47:43 PST 2006
Jeff Cross wrote:
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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.
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> 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.
>
Oh, and sysutils/pkg_cutleaves is also an excellent utility to clean
stuff up.
$ pkg_cutleaves -l
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Aaron Dalton
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