Problem unmerging

[m33sb3w]

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?

[ElCondor]

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"

[tod]

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

[freefall]

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.

[gaskill]

I had the same problem unmerging packages. I solved it by using the full path, i.e.:

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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.