Packages and removing
So I actually readed (some% )slackbook and googled but I'm still not sure do I need to keep .tgz's somewhere so I will be able to uninstall package from 'pkgtool'.
Or will slackware keep track of installation by itself so when using 'installpkg some-package.tgz' I can remove that package and afterwards still be able to uninstall it...? |
You don't need to keep the package to uninstall it - if you have installed with the stock "installpkg". In /var/log/packages all installed packages are being tracked and this information is enough for "removepkg" to do its job.
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There's no need to keep the tgz. Every package you have is listed in /var/log/packages. Each one is a file that has a list of the files, directories, etc. that will be removed if you remove the package.
Anything else is usually in $HOME/.SomeHiddenDirectory. |
Every package built with a correctly written SlackBuild script and installed with installpkg will be listed in /var/log/packages and therefore taken into account in the Slackware package management system. For those, you do not need to keep the .tgz packages. If you, however, build/install something via simple (not recommended):
Code:
./configure |
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