removepkg(8)

NAME

removepkg - remove Slackware packages.

SYNOPSIS

removepkg packagename
[  ROOT=/mnt ] removepkg [ -copy ] [ -keep ] [ -preserve ]
[ -warn ] packagename

DESCRIPTION

removepkg removes a previously installed Slackware pack age, while writing a progress report to the standard out
put. A package may be specified either by the full pack
age name (as you'd see listed in /var/log/packages/), or
by the base package name. For example, the package
foo-1.0-i386-1.tgz may be removed with any of the follow
ing commands:

removepkg foo-1.0-i386-1.tgz

removepkg foo-1.0-i386-1

removepkg foo.tgz

removepkg foo

When deleting files, removepkg will analyze the contents of the other packages installed on your system, and will
only delete the files that are unique to the package being
removed. Similarly, the installation scripts for all the
other packages will be considered when deciding whether or
not to delete symbolic links from the package.

Removing a package (as well as installing one) can be a
dangerous undertaking. For this reason, there is the
-warn option available. When you use this, removepkg will not actually remove any files or links, but will output a
detailed report of what it would do if you actually did
remove the package. It's suggested that you do this (and
maybe pipe the output to less ) before removing packages
to make sure you've backed up anything that might be
important.

When removing a package, it's original file index will be
moved from /var/log/packages to /var/log/removed_packages.
Likewise, it's installation script will be moved from
/var/log/scripts to /var/log/removed_scripts.

OPTIONS

-warn packagename
Generate a report to the standard output about
which files and directories would be removed, but
does not actually remove the package.
-preserve packagename
If specified, the complete package subtree is
reconstructed in /tmp/preserved_packages/package
name.
-copy packagename
Construct a copy of the package under /tmp/pre
served_packages/packagename, but don't remove it.
(same effect as -warn -preserve)
-keep Save the intermediate files created by removepkg
(delete_list, required_files, uniq_list,
del_link_list, required_links, required_list).
Mostly useful for debugging purposes.
It's possible to remove a package from a filesystem other
than / by supplying removepkg with a ROOT environment variable:
ROOT=/mnt removepkg package

AUTHORS

Patrick J. Volkerding <volkerdi@slackware.com>, with
enhancements by Christian Franke <c.franke@acm.org>

SEE ALSO

installpkg(8), makepkg(8), pkgtool(8), upgradepkg(8)
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