Can't "uninstall perl"

[Daniel J. Luke]

On Jun 20, 2013, at 12:40 PM, Stephen Rasku <macports at srasku.net> wrote:
> 
> Arggh!  I ran "uninstall perl" instead of "port uninstall perl".  
> 
> Now, I've run the correct command but I am getting conflicting information:
> 
> $ sudo port uninstall perl

there is no port named 'perl'

> Password:
> $ port list perl

this probably doesn't do what you think

> $ which perl
> /opt/local/bin/perl
> 
> What am I missing here?

You likely have the perl5 and perl5.12 ports installed (you can run 'port installed' or 'port echo installed' to see the list of installed ports on your system).

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