Theo Buehler <[email protected]> writes: > On Tue, Apr 28, 2026 at 11:52:53AM +0200, Manuel Giraud wrote: >> Theo Buehler <[email protected]> writes: >> >> >> Say that I install a package just to test it and then I want to get rid >> >> of it. It comes with a lot of direct/indirect dependencies that I'd >> >> also like to remove. How can I do this easily? (Right now, I'm walking >> >> the "pkg_info -t" output and remove dependencies one at a time :-/) >> > >> > You got your answer with pkg_delete -a, but don't miss out on pkg_add -a >> > and -aa. >> >> Thanks, I see but what would be the use case for pkg_add -a or -aa? > > To install a package for testing or that I don't want to keep, I do > > # pkg_add -a $package_with_lots_of_deps > > Then I remove it and its deps with > > # pkg_delete -a > > And if I forgot to use -a, I mark it with -aa, so the next pkg_delete -a > garbage collects it.
Thanks for this nice recipe. -- Manuel Giraud
