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barran
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PostPosted: Tue Apr 29, 2003 8:16 am    Post subject: not inside /var/db/pkg Reply with quote

Hi

I've got a little problem. I found an appanrently old instance of control-center lying around in my system. Well let's just remove it I thought, but I can't! I get this mesage:
Code:
emerge -C /usr/portage/gnome-base/control-center/control-center-1.4.0.5-r1.ebuild
['', 'usr', 'portage', 'gnome-base', 'control-center', 'control-center-1.4.0.5-r1.ebuild']
/usr/portage/gnome-base/control-center/control-center-1.4.0.5-r1.ebuild

!!! /usr/portage/gnome-base/control-center/control-center-1.4.0.5-r1.ebuild is not inside /var/db/pkg; aborting.

Do anyone know how to get the db-data? (Maybe a secret feature in Portage?)
How can I remove the package properlly if I can't find the data I need in /var/db/pkg?
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tod
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Joined: 17 Apr 2002
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Location: Ozarks, USA

PostPosted: Tue Apr 29, 2003 4:23 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

First manually check and make sure it is not in /var/db/pkg/gnome-base/control-center-1.4.0.5-r1/

If it's there, you might try

ebuild /var/db/pkg/gnome-base/control-center-1.4.0.5-r1/control-center-1.4.0.5-r1.ebuild unmerge

Otherwise,
emerge /user/portage/gnome-base/control-center/control-center-1.4.0.5-r1.ebuild

emerge /user/portage/gnome-base/control-center/control-center-1.4.0.5-r1.ebuild
unmerge


Note: If you use gnome, it might be a good idea to keep the 1.4 version of control-center around so that you can configure (themes, preferred apps, etc) for 1.4 apps you might still be using such as evolution.


hth
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