[ckan-dev] deleting packages

Wed Sep 21 11:53:16 UTC 2011

On 21 September 2011 04:03, Sean Hudson <sean.hudson at opencolorado.org> wrote:
> How do we delete a package?
>
> http://wiki.ckan.net/Managing_Data_Packages#How_do_I_Delete_a_package_.3F
>
> When viewing the package, click the "Edit" tab.
> Close to the bottom of the form should be the field called "State". Change
> the value from "active" to "deleted".
> Hit save
>
> I can't find a field called "State."

Are you a "sysadmin" or the Administrator of that dataset? If not you
won't be able to see and edit the State field. (You can tell whether
you are one of these because you will be able to see the
'Authorization' tab for editing the authorization settings for that
package).

Rufus