pkg_delete multimedia/mplayer doesn't work

jobse jobse at tintin.kau.se
Fri Jun 25 07:12:40 PDT 2004


Hay
On Thu, 2004-06-24 at 22:20, epilogue at allstream.net wrote:

> 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.

Thanx for the tip.
I just deleted all I could find with rm. I dont know if that           
was a good move however. "pkgdb -F" now tells me off.

I've just been solving one problem about how to set up my graphics and
sound modules but am gradually realising there is more to come.

jobse






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