Hi, There is no tool available to uninstall modules. However what you can do manually is this.
I use Active Perl 5.10 on Windows. 1. Open the .packlist file in Perl/lib directory in any text editor. This contains the path of all modules installed on your system (along with some other entries as well). 2. Search module u want to remove in that file. (You will get the exact path of all files related to the module). 3. Take the backup of all those files. 4. Navigate to the paths & remove files manually. 5. Check whether perl is working fine or not. 6. Remove the entry from .packlist You can do the same with file equivalent to '.packlist' on 'LINUX' or 'UNIX'. Hope this helps. Thanks Sanket Vaidya -----Original Message----- From: Randal L. Schwartz [mailto:mer...@stonehenge.com] Sent: Sunday, January 25, 2009 9:56 AM To: beginners@perl.org Subject: Re: Is there a way to un-install modules? >>>>> "Bruce" == Bruce Ferrell <bferr...@baywinds.org> writes: Bruce> I know this is going to sound odd, but I've installed some Bruce> modules using the CPAN module and I now want to uninstall them or Bruce> put them into a state where they are no longer detected. Is there a way to do this? The key thing to remember is that CPAN and CPANPLUS are installers, not packagers. As such, they do not ensure that a file that they are installing belongs exclusively to the thing being installed. Thus, if you blindly remove everything that had been installed during a particular run, you could end up with a broken system. -- Randal L. Schwartz - Stonehenge Consulting Services, Inc. - +1 503 777 0095 <mer...@stonehenge.com> <URL:http://www.stonehenge.com/merlyn/> Smalltalk/Perl/Unix consulting, Technical writing, Comedy, etc. etc. See http://methodsandmessages.vox.com/ for Smalltalk and Seaside discussion -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: beginners-unsubscr...@perl.org For additional commands, e-mail: beginners-h...@perl.org http://learn.perl.org/ _____________________________________________________________________ This e-mail message may contain proprietary, confidential or legally privileged information for the sole use of the person or entity to whom this message was originally addressed. Any review, e-transmission dissemination or other use of or taking of any action in reliance upon this information by persons or entities other than the intended recipient is prohibited. If you have received this e-mail in error kindly delete this e-mail from your records. If it appears that this mail has been forwarded to you without proper authority, please notify us immediately at netad...@patni.com and delete this mail. _____________________________________________________________________ -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: beginners-unsubscr...@perl.org For additional commands, e-mail: beginners-h...@perl.org http://learn.perl.org/
