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m33sb3w
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 Posted: Thu Apr 18, 2002 12:14 pm Post subject: Problem unmerging |
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| I'm having problems unmerging a few packages. I type 'emerge unmerge <package>' but it says it can't find any installed packages by that name. I try again with the full package and version number with the same effect. When I use 'epm -q <package>' it pops right up as being installed. I've tried this with two different packages. In the past I've been able to unmerge stuff. Any ideas? |
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ElCondor
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Location: Vienna, Austria, Europe
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| Posted: Thu Apr 18, 2002 12:18 pm Post subject: Re: Problem unmerging |
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| m33sb3w wrote: | | I'm having problems unmerging a few packages. I type 'emerge unmerge <package>' but it says it can't find any installed packages by that name. [....] Any ideas? |
yup. 
emerge unmerge --all undesiredpackage
but be carefull, --all really removes the package. unmerge itself only does is there are different versions. if you want to get rid of gentoo, you might try "emerge unmerge --all system"  |
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tod
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Joined: 17 Apr 2002
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Location: Ozarks, USA
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| Posted: Thu Apr 18, 2002 2:41 pm Post subject: Use low level ebuild commond |
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Hi!
The fail-safe way to unmerge a package is to use the low level ebuild command, i.e.
#ebuild /var/db/pkg/<category>/<foo>/foo.ebuild unmerge
Pointing the ebuild...unmerge to the ebuild stored in /var/db/pkg is espescially usefull when an old installed ebuild has been removed from the portage tree.
hth,
tod |
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freefall
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| Posted: Thu Apr 18, 2002 6:44 pm Post subject: |
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Are you by any chance using portage 1.8.18? I ran into some problems unmerging apps with that version. I had to do something similar to what tod suggests.
Solved it by upgrading to 1.8.19. |
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gaskill
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Location: Iowa
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| Posted: Thu Apr 18, 2002 9:13 pm Post subject: |
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I had the same problem unmerging packages. I solved it by using the full path, i.e.:
| Code: | | emerge unmerge /var/db/pkg/app-editors/vim-6.1-r3 |
to unmerge vim (I wouldn't actually do that, of course). Using the full path seemed to fix my problems. |
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