[plt-scheme] removing a package
Thanks, Danny. The command line util did the trick.
Found out that "name" is something.plt not something.ss, which also helped..
I did not see that indirect hint...
Ronny.
Danny Yoo wrote:
>
>> another newbie question:
>> I found in helpdesk this method for removing a previsouly installed
>> pacage:
>>
>>> (remove-pkg owner name major-version minor-version) -> void
>>
>> Removes the specified package from the local planet cache. Owner and
>> name must be strings; major-version and minor-version must be natural
>> numbers and major-version must be greater than zero.
>
>
> Hi Ronny,
>
>
> There's one extra thing you'll want to do. The background context we
> need to run that command isn't automatically "required". Do the
> following first:
>
> (require (lib "util.ss" "planet"))
>
> which will load in the util.ss library from the "planet" collection.
> This is indirectly hinted since the header of that section of the help
> page names the util.ss file.
>
>
>> However, the remove-pkg does not seem to be recognized as a command.
>> I am sure someone has a very simple answer to this one, I just can't
>> seem to find it... This is what I get: reference to undefined
>> identifier: remove-pkg
>
> Another way to do this is to use the command-line "planet" utility if
> you have access to the command line. If you search for the term "The
> planet command-line tool" (which is on the same help page as the one
> you were looking at, but around the middle of the page), you should
> see the documentation on it.
>
>
> Good luck to you!
>