Remove a Port and All Dependencies

[Aaron Dalton]

Peter wrote:
> --- Aaron Dalton <aaron at freebsd.org> wrote:
> 
> 
>>Jeff Cross wrote:
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>>>I would like to know if it is possible to remove a port/package and
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>>all
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>>>of the dependencies it installed that are not needed by other
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>>applications.
>>
>>>Example: I installed Nautilus and some Gnome games but don't want them
>>>installed any longer.  However, if I remove the package itself,
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>>doesn't
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>>>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
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>>the
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>>>right direction for doing this I would greatly appreciate it.
>>>
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>>pkg_deinstall -R portname
> 
> 
> Wouldn't this remove all ports that depend on the port in question (its
> dependants)?  The OP wants to remove all ports that are *required* by the
> port (its dependencies).  But furthermore, he wants to remove those that
> AREN'T NEEDED BY ANY OTHER PORTS.
> 

pkg_deinstall won't remove ports that are required by other ports. 
pkg_deinstalling a Perl (p5-) port, for example, won't forcefully 
deinstall lang/perl itself (unless you're removing the very last port 
that requires lang/perl).  'man pkg_deinstall' will tell you how to 
accomplish what you want.  There are a number of other port mgmt 
utilities as well.  (sysutils/portmaster comes to mind.)

Good luck!
-- 
Aaron Dalton
aaron at FreeBSD.org
FreeBSD Ports Committer