Wonderful. Thanks Adam for the quick reply, much appreciated. :) > On Aug 1, 2015, at 9:47 AM, Adam Bergmark <a...@bergmark.nl> wrote: > > There is no uninstall command, there was at one point but it didn't do > anything ;-) > > Unregistering a package does not delete any files, but it will make cabal > forget about its existence. > If you are working in a sandbox you can simply `cabal sandbox delete; cabal > sandbox init` to start from scratch, you can also deregister packages there > with `cabal sandbox hc-pkg unregister`, outside a sandbox it's `ghc-pkg > unregister`. > > There are also tools on hackage that can clean up files when unregistering, > iirc cab[1] can. > > HTH, > Adam > > [1] http://hackage.haskell.org/package/cab > <http://hackage.haskell.org/package/cab> > > > On Sat, Aug 1, 2015 at 2:52 PM, Peder Jakobsen <pjakob...@gmail.com > <mailto:pjakob...@gmail.com>> wrote: > Hi, just browsed through the user guide on managing packages at at > https://www.haskell.org/cabal/users-guide/installing-packages.html > <https://www.haskell.org/cabal/users-guide/installing-packages.html> > > Managing seems to imply that you should also be able to uninstall packages > with a simple command. But there seem to be no instructions for how to do > this for an installed packaged. What am I missing? Is it called > “deregistering”? > > Thanks again, > > P. > > _______________________________________________ > cabal-devel mailing list > cabal-devel@haskell.org <mailto:cabal-devel@haskell.org> > http://mail.haskell.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/cabal-devel > <http://mail.haskell.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/cabal-devel> > >
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