Re: Un-GNOME-ing a FreeBSD box

From: Brett Glass (brett_at_lariat.org)
Date: 12/12/04

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    Date: Sat, 11 Dec 2004 16:57:57 -0700
To: Chuck Swiger <cswiger@mac.com>

    Chuck:

    I'm unfamiliar with "pkgdb". What does it do?

    --Brett

    At 04:51 PM 12/11/2004, Chuck Swiger wrote:
      
    >Brett Glass wrote:
    >[ ... ]
    >>What's the best way to un-GNOME his system automatically? Or would it
    >>be simpler to tell him to save his configuration files and reinstall the OS from scratch -- as if his hard drive had crashed?
    >
    >pkg_delete -x gnome x11
    >
    >...possibly followed by a "pkgdb -fu" and then a "portupgrade -ai".
    >
    >--
    >-Chuck

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