Re: pkg_delete fails

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On Sunday, 20 July 2025 at 19:00, Todd Gruhn <tgruhn2%gmail.com@localhost> wrote:

> from pkg_delete gives me this:
> 
> pkg_delete: Opening pkgdb failed

you are not running pkg_delete as root:

....

$ id
uid=1000(xci) gid=100(users) groups=100(users),0(wheel)
$ pkg_delete go120
pkg_delete: Opening pkgdb failed
$ sudo sh
# pkg_delete go120
...

> 
> Explain; and how to I fix it?
> 
> There is a pkg* for this???