Slackware 13.0slackware-13.0

Wed Aug 26 10:00:38 CDT 2009
Slackware 13.0 x86_64 is released as stable!  Thanks to everyone who
helped make this release possible -- see the RELEASE_NOTES for the
credits.  The ISOs are off to the replicator.  This time it will be a
6 CD-ROM 32-bit set and a dual-sided 32-bit/64-bit x86/x86_64 DVD.
We're taking pre-orders now at store.slackware.com.  Please consider
picking up a copy to help support the project.  Once again, thanks to
the entire Slackware community for all the help testing and fixing
things and offering suggestions during this development cycle.
As always, have fun and enjoy!  -P.

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+.\" -*- nroff -*-
+.ds g \" empty
+.ds G \" empty
+.\" Like TP, but if specified indent is more than half
+.\" the current line-length - indent, use the default indent.
+.de Tp
+.ie \\n(.$=0:((0\\$1)*2u>(\\n(.lu-\\n(.iu)) .TP
+.el .TP "\\$1"
+..
+.TH REMOVEPKG 8 "23 Nov 2001" "Slackware Version 8.1.0"
+.SH NAME
+removepkg \- remove Slackware packages.
+.SH SYNOPSIS
+.B removepkg
+.BI packagename
+.LP
+[
+.B ROOT=/mnt
+]
+.B removepkg
+[
+.B \-copy
+]
+[
+.B \-keep
+]
+[
+.B \-preserve
+]
+[
+.B \-warn
+]
+.BI packagename
+.SH DESCRIPTION
+.B removepkg
+removes a previously installed Slackware package, while writing a progress
+report to the standard output.  A package may be specified either by the
+full package name (as you'd see listed in /var/log/packages/), or by the
+base package name.  For example, the package foo-1.0-i486-1.tgz may be removed
+with any of the following commands:
+
+removepkg foo-1.0-i486-1.tgz (also recognized: .tbz, .tlz, .txz)
+
+removepkg foo-1.0-i486-1
+
+removepkg foo.tgz
+
+removepkg foo
+
+When deleting files,
+.B 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.
+.LP
+Removing a package (as well as installing one) can be a dangerous undertaking.
+For this reason, there is the
+.B \-warn
+option available. When you use this,
+.B 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 
+.B less
+) before removing packages to make sure you've backed up anything that might
+be important.
+.LP
+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.
+.SH OPTIONS
+.TP
+.B \-warn packagename
+Generate a report to the standard output about which files and directories
+would be removed, but does not actually remove the package.
+.TP
+.B \-preserve packagename
+If specified, the complete package subtree is reconstructed in 
+/var/log/setup/tmp/preserved_packages/packagename.
+.TP
+.B \-copy packagename
+Construct a copy of the package under /var/log/setup/tmp/preserved_packages/packagename,
+but don't remove it.  (same effect as \-warn \-preserve)
+.TP
+.B \-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.
+.SH " "
+It's possible to remove a package from a filesystem
+other than / by supplying
+.B removepkg
+with a
+.B ROOT
+environment variable:
+.TP
+.B ROOT=/mnt removepkg package
+
+.SH AUTHORS
+Patrick J. Volkerding <volkerdi@slackware.com>,
+with enhancements by Christian Franke <c.franke@acm.org>
+.SH "SEE ALSO"
+.BR installpkg(8),
+.BR makepkg(8),
+.BR pkgtool(8), 
+.BR upgradepkg(8)