On Wed, Mar 19, 2008 at 10:04 PM, J P Lewis <noisebrain@gmail.com> wrote:
Hello,
(a novice question)
I installed a package (py25-matplotlib), had some trouble with using it, then did a port selfupdate,
then upgraded the package. In the process, a number of packages were deactivated.
For example, it looks like I now have two copies of python25, numpy, 3 copies of libpng, etc.
How can I uninstall these now (to clean up and save disk space)?
For example port uninstall python25 @2.5.1_2+darwin_8 says that I cannot uninstall this (deactivated) python because other things depend on it.
Most of those things are things that I'm actively using (py-readline for example).
should I uninstall and reinstall all of these? If so, it seems like upgrading is a bad strategy, one can save work by uninstalling and reinstalling?
port -f uninstall inactive should do it. -- Paul Beard / www.paulbeard.org/ <paulbeard@gmail.com/paulbeard@gmail.com>