what is the best way to remove a program?
I was installing the mysql51-server port and I had a message that the install could not proceed, because mysql50-client was already installed. I simply ran a cd and then a make deinstall in the mysql50-client directory. Is this is the best way to remove a program? Does it depend on how the program was added (compiled versus prebuilt binary added with pkg_add -r)? I've tried pkg_delete in the past, but it seems to always complain about dependencies and not actually remove the program. Thanks, Mark Hartkemeyer ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to freebsd-questions-unsubscr...@freebsd.org
Re: what is the best way to remove a program?
On Sunday 14 June 2009 14:58:46 Mark Hartkemeyer wrote: I was installing the mysql51-server port and I had a message that the install could not proceed, because mysql50-client was already installed. I simply ran a cd and then a make deinstall in the mysql50-client directory. Is this is the best way to remove a program? Does it depend on how the program was added (compiled versus prebuilt binary added with pkg_add -r)? I've tried pkg_delete in the past, but it seems to always complain about dependencies and not actually remove the program. Thanks, Mark Hartkemeyer make deinstall is a good way to remove a program, but it ignores dependencies as you discovered. Some other program on your system requires mysql50-client to function and might now be broken. pkg_delete -f does basically the same. pkg_deinstall (which comes with portupgrade) also does the trick. Before doing a make deinstall you can check which installed packages require it by: pkg_info -Rx mysql-client If you want to upgrade mysql-client from 5.0 to 5.1, use portupgrade: portupgrade -rf -o databases/mysql51-client mysql-client This will replace mysql50-client with mysql51-client and reinstall all ports depending on mysql50-client (-rf), so they will use the new version. In this case the last step probably isn't necessary because the libraries are (mostly I think) compatible, but in general it is recommended. For more information, see man ports and man portupgrade. -- Pieter de Goeje ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to freebsd-questions-unsubscr...@freebsd.org
Re: what is the best way to remove a program?
Pieter de Goeje wrote: On Sunday 14 June 2009 14:58:46 Mark Hartkemeyer wrote: I was installing the mysql51-server port and I had a message that the install could not proceed, because mysql50-client was already installed. I simply ran a cd and then a make deinstall in the mysql50-client directory. Is this is the best way to remove a program? Does it depend on how the program was added (compiled versus prebuilt binary added with pkg_add -r)? I've tried pkg_delete in the past, but it seems to always complain about dependencies and not actually remove the program. Thanks, Mark Hartkemeyer make deinstall is a good way to remove a program, but it ignores dependencies as you discovered. Some other program on your system requires mysql50-client to function and might now be broken. pkg_delete -f does basically the same. pkg_deinstall (which comes with portupgrade) also does the trick. Before doing a make deinstall you can check which installed packages require it by: pkg_info -Rx mysql-client If you want to upgrade mysql-client from 5.0 to 5.1, use portupgrade: portupgrade -rf -o databases/mysql51-client mysql-client This will replace mysql50-client with mysql51-client and reinstall all ports depending on mysql50-client (-rf), so they will use the new version. In this case the last step probably isn't necessary because the libraries are (mostly I think) compatible, but in general it is recommended. For more information, see man ports and man portupgrade. For an easy interactive program that takes care of dependencies, I would suggest ports-mgmt/pkg_rmleaves ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to freebsd-questions-unsubscr...@freebsd.org
Re: what is the best way to remove a program?
Pieter de Goeje wrote:
This will replace mysql50-client with mysql51-client and reinstall all ports
depending on mysql50-client (-rf), so they will use the new version. In this
case the last step probably isn't necessary because the libraries are (mostly
I think) compatible, but in general it is recommended.
Rebuilding all dependents when upgrading from mysql50 to mysql51 is absolutely
required. mysql50-client installs ${LOCALBASE}/lib/mysql/libmysqlclient.so.15
whereas mysql51-client installs ${LOCALBASE}/lib/mysql/libmysqlclient.so.16
-- note the changed ABI version number. Unless you use portupgrade(1)
or save a copy of the old shlib by other means, anything that linked against
libmysqlclient would be rendered inoperable by the change, and must at least be
re-linked. Yes, the APIs have not changed, but APIs are a matter for
programmers
at the time of writing the source code -- once compiled, it's the ABI that
counts.
Cheers,
Matthew
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Re: what is the best way to remove a program?
Mark Hartkemeyer wrote: I was installing the mysql51-server port and I had a message that the install could not proceed, because mysql50-client was already installed. I simply ran a cd and then a make deinstall in the mysql50-client directory. Is this is the best way to remove a program? Does it depend on how the program was added (compiled versus prebuilt binary added with pkg_add -r)? I've tried pkg_delete in the past, but it seems to always complain about dependencies and not actually remove the program. In this case, pkg_delete should do the work for you. with best regards, Ott ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to freebsd-questions-unsubscr...@freebsd.org
