Re: Basic Port Management.Is there any?

From: Andrew P. (infofarmer_at_gmail.com)
Date: 10/31/05

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    To: George Katsanos <gkatsanos@gmail.com>
    
    

    On 10/31/05, George Katsanos <gkatsanos@gmail.com> wrote:
    > Hello ! ,
    >
    >
    > As a fresh Freebsd user[and fan] I am trying to set up my WM / X environment
    > and choose the apps I will use for basic stuff.
    > Text Editors , Image viewers , Mail apps , FileManagers.
    >
    > So after I see some screenshots [it would be very nice and handy if some
    > screenshots could be added to the freebsd.org/ports database] I'm making
    > install the port to check it out. Some times , I decided that I don't like
    > it . So my first though is to get rid of it , cause I don't want ''trash''
    > on my system.
    > I'm making deinstall [or pkg_delete] to remove it. Everything ok so far ,
    > but what about the one zillion dependant pkg's the app made?
    > You can say , do a pkg_delete -r . Yes but this will may delete also pkgs
    > that are Needed by other ports/apps..
    >
    >
    > Is there any good plan solution for this ?...
    >
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    Just take it easy :-) Most ports try to behave, so
    unless you're very short of disk space, just let
    them be there. Once in a while, you can install
    a tool that deals with "leafs" (there are a few in
    ports collection). Leafs are ports that are not
    needed by anything, so you can safely delete
    them.
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