pkg_delete multimedia/mplayer doesn't work

[epilogue at allstream.net]

On Thu, 24 Jun 2004 16:20:06 -0400
epilogue at allstream.net wrote:

> On Thu, 24 Jun 2004 22:10:25 +0200
> jobse <jobse at u90.kks.kau.se> wrote:
> 
> > On Thu, 2004-06-24 at 21:15, epilogue at allstream.net wrote:
> > > On Thu, 24 Jun 2004 19:50:50 +0200
> > > jobse <jobse at u90.kks.kau.se> wrote:
> > > 
> > > > hello
> > > > I do like this from /usr/ports.
> > > > pkg_delete multimedia/mplayer*, right.
 
also, it's not 'pkg_delete multimedia/mplayer*'

it would be 'pkg_delete mplayer-gtk-0.92.1_1'  (substituted by whatever
'pkg_info | grep -i mplay' returns as the mplayer version installed)

you might want to consider rereading the handbook section on working
with ports as well as the pkg_delete man page, while i should definitely
concentrate on more closely reading e-mails.   ;)

good luck.  epi out.


> though cd to the mplayer ports dir followed by make deinstall 'should'
> have solved the problem, i just noticed another detail worth mentioning.
> 
> you're using pkg_delete here.  i do not believe that it accepts shell
> globs (like * or ?).  you might have better luck with pkg_deinstall --
> part of the tools installed by /sysutils/portupgrade, which i *highly*
> recommend.
> 
> > > > When I go into the directory of ports/mplayer and
> > > > try deinstall it. It says deinstalling for mplayer, but
> > > > afterwars I can still run it.
> > > 
> > > if everything was originally installed via ports or packages and
> > > nothing moved, this is highly unusual.  
> > yeah, isn't it weird?
> > > 
> > > try a few of these commands to gather some info:
> > > 
> > > which mplayer
> > > mplayer -v
> > > locate mplayer
> > > find / -name mplayer -print
> > > find / -path \*mplayer\* -print | more
> > 
> > I will try them out and do some digging.
> > 
> > > hope this helps.
> > 
> > thanx
> > /jobse
> > > 
> > > 
> > 
> > > cheers,
> > > epi
> > > 
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