Re: [gentoo-user] Uninstalling vbox guest addtions

[Walter Dnes]

On Mon, Jul 10, 2017 at 08:13:58AM -0400, Harry Putnam wrote

> I notice in attempts to re-install vbox guest-additions that the
> process shows `!!' at certain lines during the process.
> 
> So, it is apparently failing to uninstall some parts of existing
> guest-additions.
> 
> I suspect that may be why the install fails.
> 
> Anyone know how I might go about uninstalling all the bits and pieces
> of a prior vbox guest-additions install manually?

  Manually?  If it's still installed, I suggest...

equery f virtualbox-guest-additions > vgafiles.txt

...to get a list of all its files, and then uninstall.  Then remove any
leftovers manually, checking against the list in vgafiles.txt.  If it's
already "uninstalled" equery won't help.  In that case, go through the
log file in /var/log/portage and look for lines with "!!" and remove the
files it's complaining about.  grep will speed up the search.  Before
actually removing a file, I suggest...

equery b filename

...to check if it also belongs to another package.  That might be the
reason for the problem in the first place.

-- 
Walter Dnes 
I don't run "desktop environments"; I run useful applications

[gentoo-user] Uninstalling vbox guest addtions

[Harry Putnam]

Setup: OS: Openindian/hipster (A branch of Solaris 11)
 Hardware: HP xw8600 workstation: 
   2x Intel(R) Xeon(R) CPU X5470 @ 3.33GHz - 32 GB Ram
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I notice in attempts to re-install vbox guest-additions that the
process shows `!!' at certain lines during the process.

So, it is apparently failing to uninstall some parts of existing
guest-additions.

I suspect that may be why the install fails.

Anyone know how I might go about uninstalling all the bits and pieces
of a prior vbox guest-additions install manually?