The best way to keep the system clean?

Byung-Hee HWANG bh at izb.knu.ac.kr
Mon Sep 24 05:25:04 PDT 2007


On Mon, 2007-09-24 at 20:17 +0800, ronggui wrote:
> My problem, many times I install some software from ports, it install
> the dependency software. Then after some time, I find that software
> isn't what I want, and deinstall it. At this point, the dependency
> software isn't necessary as well. Is there a way to clean them
> automatically, like the apt-get autoremove in the Ubuntu system.
> 
> And the related general question is, what's the best way to keep my
> system clean? Thanks.
> 
The best way is using -RELEASE anytime. That's enough to me. If I need
to install/deinstall, I use pkg_add/pkg_delete. It's just my opinion.

Byung-Hee



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