pkg_deinstall or pkg_delete

[Roop Nanuwa]

On Mon, 10 May 2004 22:45:42 -0400, Chiang Seng Chang <cs at ctzen.com> wrote:
> 
> Hi,
> 
> What's the difference between pkg_deinstall and pkg_delete ?
> 

pkg_deinstall is a wrapper for pkg_delete that supports wildcards and
dependency recursion.

> If I use portinstall to install a port, which should I use to uninstall it ?
> 

If it's a single port that you want to delete on its own then either
will suffice.
If you want to do a recursive uninstall or delete multiple packages then you'll
probably want to make use of pkg_deinstall.

--roop