Hi,

I've installed some applications using pkg-get, but I'd like to remove 
them now. I tried the 'remove' option, but nothing happens. How can I 
remove them?

Thanks

Huub

Huub <v.niekerk@freeler.nl> writes:

> Hi,
>
> I've installed some applications using pkg-get, but I'd like to remove them
> now. I tried the 'remove' option, but nothing happens. How can I remove
> them?

Find the real name of the package (hint: it starts with CSW) and use
Solaris native pkgrm.

Dragan

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Dragan Cvetkovic wrote:
> Huub <v.niekerk@freeler.nl> writes:
> 
> 
>>Hi,
>>
>>I've installed some applications using pkg-get, but I'd like to remove them
>>now. I tried the 'remove' option, but nothing happens. How can I remove
>>them?
> 
> 
> Find the real name of the package (hint: it starts with CSW) and use
> Solaris native pkgrm.
> 
> Dragan
> 
Will this uninstall all automatically installed dependancies as well?

Huub <v.niekerk@freeler.nl> writes:

> Dragan Cvetkovic wrote:
>> Huub <v.niekerk@freeler.nl> writes:
>>
>>>Hi,
>>>
>>>I've installed some applications using pkg-get, but I'd like to remove them
>>>now. I tried the 'remove' option, but nothing happens. How can I remove
>>>them?
>> Find the real name of the package (hint: it starts with CSW) and use
>> Solaris native pkgrm.
>> Dragan
>>
> Will this uninstall all automatically installed dependancies as well?

No.

Dragan

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Dragan Cvetkovic wrote:
> Huub <v.niekerk@freeler.nl> writes:
> 
> 
>>Dragan Cvetkovic wrote:
>>
>>>Huub <v.niekerk@freeler.nl> writes:
>>>
>>>
>>>>Hi,
>>>>
>>>>I've installed some applications using pkg-get, but I'd like to remove them
>>>>now. I tried the 'remove' option, but nothing happens. How can I remove
>>>>them?
>>>
>>>Find the real name of the package (hint: it starts with CSW) and use
>>>Solaris native pkgrm.
>>>Dragan
>>>
>>
>>Will this uninstall all automatically installed dependancies as well?
> 
> 
> No.
> 
> Dragan
> 
So this leaves me with 'pkg-get remove'.

Huub <v.niekerk@freeler.nl> writes:

> Dragan Cvetkovic wrote:
>> Huub <v.niekerk@freeler.nl> writes:
>>
>>>Dragan Cvetkovic wrote:
>>>
>>>>Huub <v.niekerk@freeler.nl> writes:
>>>>
>>>>>I've installed some applications using pkg-get, but I'd like to remove them
>>>>>now. I tried the 'remove' option, but nothing happens. How can I remove
>>>>>them?
>>>>
>>>>Find the real name of the package (hint: it starts with CSW) and use
>>>>Solaris native pkgrm.
>>>
>>>Will this uninstall all automatically installed dependancies as well?
>> No.
>>
> So this leaves me with 'pkg-get remove'.

Which, according to your original post, does nothing.

Bye, Dragan

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>>>>> Hi,
>>>>>
>>>>> I've installed some applications using pkg-get, but I'd like to 
>>>>> remove them
>>>>> now. I tried the 'remove' option, but nothing happens. How can I 
>>>>> remove
>>>>> them?
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> Find the real name of the package (hint: it starts with CSW) and use
>>>> Solaris native pkgrm.
>>>> Dragan
>>>>
>>>
>>> Will this uninstall all automatically installed dependancies as well?
>>
>>
>>
>> No.
>>
>> Dragan
>>
> So this leaves me with 'pkg-get remove'.

This is a problem I've encountered several times. When I wanted to 
remove all my CSW packages (my system got screwed up and I wanted a 
fresh start) I wrote a script to remove all the packages with "CSW" in 
their name. If you look back about a week in this newsgroup's messages, 
there's a discussion about the script. Logan Shaw suggested a rather 
more refined script than mine.

Chris

Christopher Tidy wrote:
>>>>>> Hi,
>>>>>>
>>>>>> I've installed some applications using pkg-get, but I'd like to 
>>>>>> remove them
>>>>>> now. I tried the 'remove' option, but nothing happens. How can I 
>>>>>> remove
>>>>>> them?
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> Find the real name of the package (hint: it starts with CSW) and use
>>>>> Solaris native pkgrm.
>>>>> Dragan
>>>>>
>>>>
>>>> Will this uninstall all automatically installed dependancies as well?
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> No.
>>>
>>> Dragan
>>>
>> So this leaves me with 'pkg-get remove'.
> 
> 
> This is a problem I've encountered several times. When I wanted to 
> remove all my CSW packages (my system got screwed up and I wanted a 
> fresh start) I wrote a script to remove all the packages with "CSW" in 
> their name. If you look back about a week in this newsgroup's messages, 
> there's a discussion about the script. Logan Shaw suggested a rather 
> more refined script than mine.
> 
> Chris
> 
> 
Thank you. Did you try it? BTW, I also noticed that the -u/-U options 
don't work anymore: the host seems to be empty?!

Huub

>>>>>>> Hi,
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> I've installed some applications using pkg-get, but I'd like to 
>>>>>>> remove them
>>>>>>> now. I tried the 'remove' option, but nothing happens. How can I 
>>>>>>> remove
>>>>>>> them?
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Find the real name of the package (hint: it starts with CSW) and use
>>>>>> Solaris native pkgrm.
>>>>>> Dragan
>>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> Will this uninstall all automatically installed dependancies as well?
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> No.
>>>>
>>>> Dragan
>>>>
>>> So this leaves me with 'pkg-get remove'.
>>
>>
>>
>> This is a problem I've encountered several times. When I wanted to 
>> remove all my CSW packages (my system got screwed up and I wanted a 
>> fresh start) I wrote a script to remove all the packages with "CSW" in 
>> their name. If you look back about a week in this newsgroup's 
>> messages, there's a discussion about the script. Logan Shaw suggested 
>> a rather more refined script than mine.
>>
>> Chris
>>
>>
> Thank you. Did you try it? BTW, I also noticed that the -u/-U options 
> don't work anymore: the host seems to be empty?!

I haven't actually tried Logan's script yet. I removed the packages once 
with my script, and when I reinstalled the packages I needed they all 
worked fine, so thought it was best to leave well alone. I did think 
about mounting /opt on a different slice so that I could experiment with 
writing a good a package removal script, but I haven't done it yet. If I 
do it sometime I'll post the script here or on the web, as it would be a 
useful thing to have. By the way, which CSW mirror site are you using? I 
just tested pkg-get -U and it works fine on ibiblio.net (the default) 
but not on in-span.net (a site I've used sometimes for old package 
versions).

Chris

>>> This is a problem I've encountered several times. When I wanted to 
>>> remove all my CSW packages (my system got screwed up and I wanted a 
>>> fresh start) I wrote a script to remove all the packages with "CSW" 
>>> in their name. If you look back about a week in this newsgroup's 
>>> messages, there's a discussion about the script. Logan Shaw suggested 
>>> a rather more refined script than mine.
>>>
>>> Chris
>>>
>>>
>> Thank you. Did you try it? BTW, I also noticed that the -u/-U options 
>> don't work anymore: the host seems to be empty?!
> 
> 
> I haven't actually tried Logan's script yet. I removed the packages once 
> with my script, and when I reinstalled the packages I needed they all 
> worked fine, so thought it was best to leave well alone. I did think 
> about mounting /opt on a different slice so that I could experiment with 
> writing a good a package removal script, but I haven't done it yet. If I 
> do it sometime I'll post the script here or on the web, as it would be a 
> useful thing to have. By the way, which CSW mirror site are you using? I 
> just tested pkg-get -U and it works fine on ibiblio.net (the default) 
> but not on in-span.net (a site I've used sometimes for old package 
> versions).
> 
> Chris
> 
The site it picks each time for the -U and -u option is 
ftp:///pub/freeware/i386/5.9/catalog.

>> Thank you. Did you try it? BTW, I also noticed that the -u/-U options 
>> don't work anymore: the host seems to be empty?!
> 
> 
> I haven't actually tried Logan's script yet. I removed the packages once 
> with my script, and when I reinstalled the packages I needed they all 
> worked fine, so thought it was best to leave well alone. I did think 
> about mounting /opt on a different slice so that I could experiment with 
> writing a good a package removal script, but I haven't done it yet. If I 
> do it sometime I'll post the script here or on the web, as it would be a 
> useful thing to have. By the way, which CSW mirror site are you using? I 
> just tested pkg-get -U and it works fine on ibiblio.net (the default) 
> but not on in-span.net (a site I've used sometimes for old package 
> versions).
> 
> Chris
> 

BTW, I just tried the ibiblio.net, but it -U doesn't find a description 
file. Any idea?

Huub

> BTW, I just tried the ibiblio.net, but it -U doesn't find a description 
> file. Any idea?

You can set the mirror site you wish to use in the file 
/opt/csw/etc/pkg-get.conf. You should have an entry which looks 
something like the following (make sure you've added /stable or 
/unstable) to the end:

# default site, in USA:
url=http://ibiblio.org/pub/packages/solaris/csw/unstable

I'd be very surprised if this site is broken, but I have found some of 
the other mirrors lacking catalogs on occasions.

Chris