Re: [newbie] Uninstalling programs compiled from source

2004-06-12 Thread Bryan Phinney
On Saturday 12 June 2004 05:07 pm, Marv Boyes wrote: > Any guidance would be greatly appreciated; thanks very much in advance. Apart from the "make uninstall" that Stephen suggested, you might also try a "make clean" which also will uninstall binaries installed from a script. -- Bryan Phinney

Re: [newbie] Uninstalling programs compiled from source

2004-06-12 Thread eric jackson
- Original Message - From: "Marv Boyes" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Saturday, June 12, 2004 5:07 PM Subject: [newbie] Uninstalling programs compiled from source > Hello, all. I have so far had absolutely rotten luck getting much of >

Re: [newbie] Uninstalling programs compiled from source

2004-06-12 Thread PM
On Sun, 2004-06-13 at 00:07, Marv Boyes wrote: > > Anyway, my question (there IS a question) is this-- is there a > convenient way to uninstall programs I've installed, or (more often) > tried to install, from source? There's probably a lot of crap strewn all > over my hard drive, and I'd like

Re: [newbie] Uninstalling programs compiled from source

2004-06-12 Thread Cezary Morga
Dnia sob 12. czerwca 2004 23:07, Marv Boyes napisał: > Anyway, my question (there IS a question) is this-- is there a > convenient way to uninstall programs I've installed, or (more often) > tried to install, from source? There's probably a lot of crap strewn all > over my hard drive, and I'd like

Re: [newbie] Uninstalling programs compiled from source

2004-06-12 Thread Stephen Kuhn
On Sun, 2004-06-13 at 07:07, Marv Boyes wrote: > Hello, all. I have so far had absolutely rotten luck getting much of > anything I've compiled from source to work on my Mandrake 9.2 machine. > Luckily, I've either a) decided I can live without the latest > bleeding-edge versions of my favorite a

[newbie] Uninstalling programs compiled from source

2004-06-12 Thread Marv Boyes
Hello, all. I have so far had absolutely rotten luck getting much of anything I've compiled from source to work on my Mandrake 9.2 machine. Luckily, I've either a) decided I can live without the latest bleeding-edge versions of my favorite apps; or b) been able to find Mdk-ready RPMs on rpm.pbo

Re: [newbie] Uninstalling Open Gl.

2004-01-01 Thread et
On Thursday 01 January 2004 02:51 am, Steven Nelson wrote: > From: "H.J.Bathoorn" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > >Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > >To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > >Subject: Re: [newbie] Uninstalling Open Gl. > >Date: Wed, 31 Dec 2003 10:55:18 +0100 >

Re: [newbie] Uninstalling Open Gl.

2004-01-01 Thread H.J.Bathoorn
On Thursday 01 January 2004 04:20, Steven Nelson wrote: > I have a few questions. > -I am trying to completely uninstall Open Gl. It is not like a package. I > do not know if the 'urpme' will completely uninstall a program like Open > Gl. Do you know if this is the case? If it is will someone tell

Re: [newbie] Uninstalling Open Gl.

2003-12-31 Thread Steven Nelson
From: "H.J.Bathoorn" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: [newbie] Uninstalling Open Gl. Date: Wed, 31 Dec 2003 10:55:18 +0100 On Wednesday 31 December 2003 01:21, Steven Nelson wrote: > I need to uninstall Open Gl. Eve

Re: [newbie] Uninstalling Open Gl.

2003-12-31 Thread Steven Nelson
From: "H.J.Bathoorn" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: [newbie] Uninstalling Open Gl. Date: Wed, 31 Dec 2003 10:55:18 +0100 On Wednesday 31 December 2003 01:21, Steven Nelson wrote: > I need to uninstall Open Gl. Everything the O

Re: [newbie] Uninstalling Open Gl.

2003-12-31 Thread H.J.Bathoorn
On Wednesday 31 December 2003 01:21, Steven Nelson wrote: > I need to uninstall Open Gl. Everything the Open Gl installation installed > needs to be uninstalled. If someone knows how to do this will they tell me? Use "urpme package-name" to uninstall a package, or use the software manager in MCC

[newbie] Uninstalling Open Gl.

2003-12-30 Thread Steven Nelson
I need to uninstall Open Gl. Everything the Open Gl installation installed needs to be uninstalled. If someone knows how to do this will they tell me? From,

Re: [newbie] 'Uninstalling' Wine

2003-07-02 Thread Troy Davidson
Derek, Thanks for the answer. I have seen that checkinstall mentioned before but wasn't sure what it was for. I will take care of this when I get home today and let you know how it went. Again, thanks for the answer. Troy Davidson Linux User #311107 ** This messages was composed on a 100%

Re: [newbie] 'Uninstalling' Wine

2003-07-02 Thread Derek Jennings
Yep. That is what I expected you to say. You had better read this http://www.jennings.homelinux.net/modules.php?name=Sections&op=viewarticle&artid=10 derek On Wednesday 02 Jul 2003 3:36 pm, Troy Davidson wrote: > Thanks for the answer. I knew it had to be simple. > > But, I have deleted the di

Re: [newbie] 'Uninstalling' Wine

2003-07-02 Thread Troy Davidson
Thanks for the answer. I knew it had to be simple. But, I have deleted the directory that I did the make's from. Do I need to reinstall Wine so that I can then do the 'make uninstall'? Troy Davidson Linux User #311107 ** This messages was composed on a 100% Microsoft free computer ** Quot

Re: [newbie] 'Uninstalling' Wine

2003-07-02 Thread Derek Jennings
On Wednesday 02 Jul 2003 4:42 am, Troy Davidson wrote: > Ok, I built wine 20030408 from a tar ball file. I have to do all the > 'make' and 'make install' stuff. > > Now, I have to uninstall wine. How would I go about uninstalling this > build? > > TIA. > > Troy Davidson > Linux User #311107 > > *

[newbie] Uninstalling/reinstalling programs

2003-01-19 Thread Zane Minninger
As some of you know, I'm having problems with vim and have decided to just re-install a good version. I found the RPM and used RPM to un-install it, but the executable is still there and some other files. Are these at a state I can just delete them and the program is un-installed? I also have

Re: [newbie] uninstalling Mandrake

2003-01-03 Thread Stephen Kuhn
On Thu, 2003-01-02 at 14:17, Steve Mendizabal wrote: > Anyone know where I can find the docs to uninstall Mandrake as well as lilo? > > TIA > > Steve-O > EASY - No docs necessary! FDISK, FORMAT -- Sat Jan 4 07:00:00 EST 2003 7:00am up 3 days, 13:29, 3 users, load average: 0.54, 0.28, 0

Re: [newbie] uninstalling Mandrake

2003-01-03 Thread Mark Weaver
Carroll Grigsby wrote: On Thursday 02 January 2003 06:56 pm, Mark Weaver wrote: Steve Mendizabal wrote: Anyone know where I can find the docs to uninstall Mandrake as well as lilo? TIA Steve-O Good God man! thats blasphemy! REPENT!!! Apart from just wiping out the partition there isn't a

Re: [newbie] uninstalling Mandrake

2003-01-02 Thread Carroll Grigsby
On Thursday 02 January 2003 06:56 pm, Mark Weaver wrote: > Steve Mendizabal wrote: > > Anyone know where I can find the docs to uninstall Mandrake as well as > > lilo? > > > > TIA > > > > Steve-O > > Good God man! thats blasphemy! > > REPENT!!! > > Apart from just wiping out the partition there isn

Re: [newbie] uninstalling Mandrake

2003-01-02 Thread Mark Weaver
Steve Mendizabal wrote: Anyone know where I can find the docs to uninstall Mandrake as well as lilo? TIA Steve-O Good God man! thats blasphemy! REPENT!!! Apart from just wiping out the partition there isn't any more to it then starting your comp with a windows boot floppy, booting to an A:\

RE: [newbie] uninstalling Mandrake

2003-01-02 Thread A. Contreras
onio.dns04.com -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]On Behalf Of John Richard Smith Sent: Thursday, January 02, 2003 7:28 AM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: [newbie] uninstalling Mandrake Pilagá wrote: >El Jue 02 Ene 2003 00:17, Steve Me

Re: SV: [newbie] uninstalling Mandrake

2003-01-02 Thread Michael Adams
On Thu, 02 Jan 2003 20:08, Anders Lind wrote: > 1. Make a bootable floppy (You will need 'fdisk' in there.) > 2. Boot from that floppy, and at prompt, type: 'fdisk /mbr' (without > quottes) This will remove lilo. > 3. Then, run 'fdisk' and just delete linux partitions. > > > It might work if fdisk

SV: [newbie] uninstalling Mandrake

2003-01-01 Thread Anders Lind
1. Make a bootable floppy (You will need 'fdisk' in there.) 2. Boot from that floppy, and at prompt, type: 'fdisk /mbr' (without quottes) This will remove lilo. 3. Then, run 'fdisk' and just delete linux partitions. It might work if fdisk finds them, anyway I would suggest that you start up li

Re: [newbie] uninstalling Mandrake

2003-01-01 Thread Pilagá
El Jue 02 Ene 2003 00:17, Steve Mendizabal escribió: > Anyone know where I can find the docs to uninstall Mandrake as well as > lilo? > > TIA > > Steve-O 1. Make a bootable floppy (You will need 'fdisk' in there.) 2. Boot from that floppy, and at prompt, type: 'fdisk /mbr' (without

[newbie] uninstalling Mandrake

2003-01-01 Thread Steve Mendizabal
Anyone know where I can find the docs to uninstall Mandrake as well as lilo? TIA Steve-O Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com

Re: [newbie] Uninstalling Netscape

2002-11-21 Thread Anders Lind
> If it's a tar ball install you cannot. > somethere in the original install file sometimes you can > find a list of install directories, which you can use to go > round deleting each and every file. On the whole they > don'r cause much harm left on, and newer version will > simply overwrite, and

Re: [newbie] Uninstalling Netscape

2002-11-21 Thread John Richard Smith
Anders Lind wrote: Hello friends, does anybody know how to uninstall Netscape (The tar.gz-one that is) I am trying to find info on the issue, but I cannot find anything anywhere, I am starting to get agitated towards Netscape ;o) /Anders -

[newbie] Uninstalling Netscape

2002-11-21 Thread Anders Lind
Hello friends, does anybody know how to uninstall Netscape (The tar.gz-one that is) I am trying to find info on the issue, but I cannot find anything anywhere, I am starting to get agitated towards Netscape ;o) /Anders Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.man

Re: [newbie] Uninstalling

2002-08-13 Thread Marcia
On Tue, 13 Aug 2002 22:07:31 +0100 John Richard Smith <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Marcia wrote: > > >On Tue, 13 Aug 2002 10:13:28 +0100 > > > >Dear John, > > > >Thank you for your answer. I installed with from a vmware rpm plus Peter's Patch >which was tarred. I have deleted all that I could f

[newbie] Uninstalling

2002-08-12 Thread Marcia
Dear All, Does anyone know how I can totally uninstall my vmware? I have already deleted alot of the files but some I think are still hiding somewhere. I wish to start over with this and have a better install next time. Any suggestions will be greatly appreciated. Thank you, Marcia Want t

Re: [newbie] Uninstalling Netscape

2002-02-09 Thread Paul
On 09 Feb 2002 20:20:25 +0900 Charles wrote: >On Sat, 2002-02-09 at 19:46, Paul wrote: > >> If things are still functioning through RPMDrake, you can try to first >> uninstall 6.2, then uninstall 4.7 and then reinstall 6.2. hth > >This worked. Thanks!! Okay. >My only remaining problem is how to

Re: [newbie] Uninstalling Netscape

2002-02-09 Thread Charles Muller
On Sat, 2002-02-09 at 19:46, Paul wrote: > If things are still functioning through RPMDrake, you can try to first > uninstall 6.2, then uninstall 4.7 and then reinstall 6.2. hth This worked. Thanks!! My only remaining problem is how to get 4.7 off my programs menu and replace it with 6.2 (I'm u

Re: [newbie] Uninstalling Netscape

2002-02-09 Thread Paul
On 09 Feb 2002 19:29:57 +0900 Charles wrote: If things are still functioning through RPMDrake, you can try to first uninstall 6.2, then uninstall 4.7 and then reinstall 6.2. hth paul >I downloaded Netscape 6.2 to ML 8.1 and installed it under the mistaken >assumption that it would replace Netsca

[newbie] Uninstalling Netscape

2002-02-09 Thread Charles Muller
I downloaded Netscape 6.2 to ML 8.1 and installed it under the mistaken assumption that it would replace Netscape 4.7. Not only is 4.7 still in the system, but it is the only Netscape recognized when I open an HTML file. I would like to uninstall 4.7 and have 6.2 recognized. Can anyone help? T

RE: [newbie] uninstalling compiled porgrams

2001-11-14 Thread Paul Rodríguez
Thanks, guys! This is a great little app! Wow, it simplifies things so much. BTW, David, the latest version of checkinstall (1.5 b2-1) doesn't have the problem you listed below. -Paul Rodríguez On Fri, 2001-11-09 at 13:12, Johnson, David wrote: > There is a change that needs to be made to

RE: [newbie] uninstalling compiled porgrams

2001-11-09 Thread Richardson, Martin
L PROTECTED]] > Sent: Friday, 9 November 2001 17:41 > To: newbie > Subject: [newbie] uninstalling compiled porgrams > > > We've been over this before, but is there an easy way to keep track of > programs that one installs usinng tarred source code? I'd > like

Re: [newbie] Uninstalling Mandrake 8.0

2001-09-10 Thread Michael D. Viron
>Michael, > >sorry for you having to post it again - is there an archive of this list >anywhere? > >Adam The list is archived at http://www.mail-archive.com/newbie@linux-mandrake.com/ for "newbie" and http://www.mail-archive.com/expert@linux-mandrake.com/ for the expert list. Michael -- Michael

Re: [newbie] Uninstalling Mandrake 8.0 & install on small machine

2001-09-10 Thread Matt Greer
on 9/10/01 1:46 PM, Mr Cripps at [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > Thanks Matt - sounds fine to me, although scary. I guess I'm just going to > have to go ahead and install. Check for what Michael Viron had to say. My instructions were incorrect. Sometimes we think we know more than we really do :) >

Re: [newbie] Uninstalling Mandrake 8.0

2001-09-10 Thread Mr Cripps
> Matt and original poster, > > In a single word--no. > > Actually, you won't be able to remove the ext2 partitions with windows > fdisk--what you've done if you clear the mbr first is provide yourself no > way to get into linux (other than via a boot disk) to remove the ext2 > partition informati

Re: [newbie] Uninstalling Mandrake 8.0 & install on small machine

2001-09-10 Thread Mr Cripps
with the CD that I bought? - Adam [EMAIL PROTECTED] - - Original Message - From: "Matt Greer" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Monday, September 10, 2001 7:11 PM Subject: Re:

Re: [newbie] Uninstalling Mandrake 8.0

2001-09-10 Thread Michael D. Viron
At 01:11 PM 09/10/2001 -0500, you wrote: >on 9/10/01 12:41 PM, Mr Cripps at [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > >> Here's my main question - if I install on F: and the disk is reformatted by >> Linux, how will I get Windows to eventually claim it back? Will it be easy, >> or am I committed? Will Win still

Re: [newbie] Uninstalling Mandrake 8.0

2001-09-10 Thread Matt Greer
on 9/10/01 12:41 PM, Mr Cripps at [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > Here's my main question - if I install on F: and the disk is reformatted by > Linux, how will I get Windows to eventually claim it back? Will it be easy, > or am I committed? Will Win still recognise the HD as F:? When you install mand

[newbie] Uninstalling Mandrake 8.0

2001-09-10 Thread Mr Cripps
I'm looking to install Mandrake 8.0 as a dual boot system. I've got 2 hard drives -one which is 1Gb - which has Windows98 on it and is currently called C: and another 6Gb one which has been partitioned up into 2Gb partitions (so that my old Win95 could use it). This HD has partitions D: E: and F:

RE: [newbie] uninstalling a tar and zip file

2001-09-05 Thread Todd Zashin
Yes, I am doing this as ROOT. Thrashin -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]On Behalf Of Michel Clasquin Sent: Saturday, September 01, 2001 2:39 AM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]; Todd Zashin Subject: Re: [newbie] uninstalling a tar and zip file On Saturday 01

Re: [newbie] uninstalling a tar and zip file

2001-09-01 Thread Michel Clasquin
On Saturday 01 September 2001 03:37, Todd Zashin wrote: > Hi guys, > > I went to the rpm.net site and downloaded the checkinstall rpm now I get > this after double clicking the file and typing checkinstall at the prompt. ..I get the point that Installwatch can not be found. The mandrake > coo

RE: [newbie] uninstalling a tar and zip file

2001-08-31 Thread Todd Zashin
: [EMAIL PROTECTED]; [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: [newbie] uninstalling a tar and zip file Hi Todd, You can find it at http://www.rpmfind.com. Just search for "checkinstall" (no version number) and the cooker version should pop up at the top of the list. If you still have trouble

Re: [newbie] Uninstalling Windows

2001-08-18 Thread etharp
On Friday 17 August 2001 20:59, Richie de Almeida wrote: > Typically deleting the partition is not enough, I recommend performing > exorcism if one truly wants to banish Windows from whence it came... Father Ed (picture an big nose irish looking man in orthodox looking preist robes, but a color s

Re: [newbie] Uninstalling Windows

2001-08-17 Thread Richie de Almeida
Typically deleting the partition is not enough, I recommend performing exorcism if one truly wants to banish Windows from whence it came... Richie On August 16, 2001 09:22 am, Jesse Hepburn wrote: > Does anyone know how I would go about uninstalling windows? Can I just > delete the partition

Re: [newbie] Uninstalling Windows

2001-08-16 Thread Sridhar Dhanapalan
gt; removing the partition is the best way to make sure windows is dead. > > > > > > Robert MacLean > > - Original Message - > > From: "Jesse Hepburn" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > Sent: Thursday, August 1

Re: [newbie] Uninstalling Linux-Mandrake 8.0

2001-08-03 Thread Michael D. Viron
At 05:03 PM 08/03/2001 -0600, Miark wrote: >Dave, > Actually, steps 3 and 4 must come before 1. In order to remove ext2 partitions you must boot into some version of linux such as Tom's Root Boot and use linux fdisk, not the windows fdisk. Then boot using the win98 startup floppy, run fdisk /mbr

[newbie] Uninstalling Linux-Mandrake 8.0

2001-08-03 Thread Dave & Tom
I recently downloaded the ISO copy of Linux-Mandrake 8.0.  I followed the instructions precisely described in the User's Manual for installation.  After trying out the software, I found out it was not for me.  How do I remove Linux-Mandrake 8.0 and return to my previous OS (Windows 98, [I us

[newbie] Uninstalling LICQ and Mandrake-Linux

2001-07-29 Thread webmaster
Hello !! I have 2 very newbie questions: 1- I had a disk with WinME and Win2000Server in dual boot. I then installed Mandrake-Linux 8.0 in a free partition, with all success. It modified my boot with this screen that lets me choose the O.S. tu use. Ok, now I plan to remove my Mandrake-Linux from

Re: [newbie] Uninstalling software

2001-01-10 Thread Michael O'Henly
This can also be done by run ./setup in the .../office52 directory. M. On Wednesday 10 January 2001 04:00, you wrote: > Yes...deleting the SO folders is one way of doing it and usually that is > ok, but if you're not familiar with your filesystem this can be a > difficult task. There should be a

Re: [newbie] Uninstalling software

2001-01-10 Thread Mark Weaver
Yes...deleting the SO folders is one way of doing it and usually that is ok, but if you're not familiar with your filesystem this can be a difficult task. There should be a menu item in the KDE Start menu for Star Office. You should have a menu item named Star Office Setup. That will also allow yo

Re: [newbie] Uninstalling software

2001-01-10 Thread Po Kwok
Tagbo Ekwueme-Okoli wrote: > > How does one uninstall non RPM software on a Linux machine. I am trying to > uninstall Star Office 5.2 but I want to be sure that I get everything. > delete the star office folder and everything in it ... i hope you know where it is, because you would have set thi

[newbie] Uninstalling software

2001-01-09 Thread Tagbo Ekwueme-Okoli
How does one uninstall non RPM software on a Linux machine. I am trying to uninstall Star Office 5.2 but I want to be sure that I get everything. Thanks Tagbo

Re: [newbie] uninstalling Xfree 3.x

2000-12-23 Thread s
ite!!) > > Jamie > > >From: John Alexander <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > >Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > >To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > >Subject: Re: [newbie] uninstalling Xfree 3.x > >Date: Wed, 20 Dec 2000 12:52:55 -0800 (PST) > > > >I'll try to te

Re: [newbie] uninstalling Xfree 3.x

2000-12-21 Thread Jamie Kerwick
Thanks for the info. i'll try that tommorrow, along with setting up my new sb live platinum card. (out celebrating xmas tonite!!) Jamie >From: John Alexander <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] >To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] >Subject: Re: [newbie] uninstalling X

Re: [newbie] uninstalling Xfree 3.x

2000-12-20 Thread John Alexander
fe of > me been able to get them to work. (i assume here you > have 3d acceleration > working) > > Jamie > > > >From: "John and Marcie Alexander" > <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > >Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > >To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > &g

Re: [newbie] uninstalling Xfree 3.x

2000-12-20 Thread Jamie Kerwick
What did you do to get the nvidia drivers working, I haven't for the life of me been able to get them to work. (i assume here you have 3d acceleration working) Jamie >From: "John and Marcie Alexander" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] >To: <[EM

[newbie] uninstalling Xfree 3.x

2000-12-19 Thread John and Marcie Alexander
I installed lm7.2 and finally got my nvidia drivers working.  When I ran X -version, I got 3.something as my current version, even though I checked the rpms installed and it seems x version 4.0 is installed. When I redirected X to the 4.0 server, all works fine now.  Does this mean I have bo

[newbie] uninstalling enlightenment

2000-11-06 Thread chronos
Hi all, Well I crashed enlightenment trying to install a theme. So then how do I uninstall it correctly ? I need all the commands. Thank you, Chronos.

Re: [newbie] uninstalling packages

2000-10-27 Thread Larry Marshall
> How do I uninstall a package?? > How do I know which packages are installed in a system?? > Did anyone know of any How-To uninstall packages document?? Jesse, I just load up kpackage (as root). This will give you a list of rpm packages on your system. Clicking on the ones you want to uninstal

RE: [newbie] uninstalling packages

2000-10-27 Thread Yacketta,Ronald J
=>-Original Message- =>From: jesse martinez [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] =>Sent: Friday, October 27, 2000 10:16 AM =>To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] =>Subject: [newbie] uninstalling packages => => =>How do I uninstall a package?? rpm -e packagae name =>How do I know w

[newbie] uninstalling packages

2000-10-27 Thread jesse martinez
How do I uninstall a package?? How do I know which packages are installed in a system?? Did anyone know of any How-To uninstall packages document?? OK, thats it for today!!! :) Thanks in advance... Jesse __ Do You Yahoo!? Yahoo! Messenger - Talk w

Re: [newbie] uninstalling linux mandrake.

2000-10-17 Thread Mwinold
In a message dated 17-Oct-00 12:32:54 Central Daylight Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: > < square 1 >> > Will this clear off my Win95 partition too, or just kill off the Linux one? > no this kills lilo after this type fdisk and use the option to delete the non dos partition

RE: [newbie] uninstalling linux mandrake.

2000-10-17 Thread Sparks, Charley
it will only kill LILO .. nothing else -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Tuesday, October 17, 2000 1:28 PM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: [newbie] uninstalling linux mandrake. <> Will this clear off my Win95 partition too, or just ki

Re: [newbie] uninstalling linux mandrake.

2000-10-17 Thread Mwinold
easy as 123 i think i have had to tell several people how to do this, use fdisk in the dos prompt type fdisk /mbr lillo is now dead and your comp will only boot windows now type fdisk now you can delete the linux partition all together using the options in its menu

Re: [newbie] uninstalling linux mandrake.

2000-10-17 Thread Cobra176
<> Will this clear off my Win95 partition too, or just kill off the Linux one? << I just found "Peanut" Linux installation that claims to need less than 200MB for install. Maybe it's not too late to keep Linux. The readme file says there's an option to overwrite larger installations. >> Wond

RE: [newbie] uninstalling linux mandrake.

2000-10-17 Thread Dodd Carlton J MSgt 726 ACS/CSG
27;ve been looking for to install on my meager laptop. How is it for a very new (read as: "virginal") newbie? -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Tuesday, October 17, 2000 8:41 AM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject:[newbie] u

RE: [newbie] uninstalling linux mandrake.

2000-10-17 Thread Sparks, Charley
boot from a DOS disk, perform an fdisk /mbr and you will be back to square 1 -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Tuesday, October 17, 2000 10:41 AM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: [newbie] uninstalling linux mandrake. ok, ok, ok So 500 MB

[newbie] uninstalling linux mandrake.

2000-10-17 Thread Cobra176
ok, ok, ok So 500 MB wasn't enough partition space to make a properly working Linux Mandrake without eventually crashing. I learn from these things. [: As I result, I'm trying to uninstall the linux partition and put all back to the original state. I want to get rid of the LILO boot and sl

Re: [newbie] Uninstalling Linux

2000-10-14 Thread Mwinold
easy as 123 use dos fdisk it can be found by using run or just boot up with your windows system disk and use command prompt no im not going to tell you to delete your hard drive type fdisk /mbr this will get rid of grub now type fdisk using these options you can safely delete the linux partition

Re: [newbie] Uninstalling Linux

2000-10-14 Thread Greg Stewart
Sorry to hear that you are not happy with Linux. hopefully you will return one day. Most often, all you need to do is delete the linux ext2 and swap partitions and you're home free. You may need to boot with a DOS boot diskette and use fdisk to flash the master boot record, you would do this if y

[newbie] Uninstalling Linux

2000-10-14 Thread James
I am sorry to say that I dont want Linux on my machine any longer now that I  have learned to program in Windows and I need to uninstall that operating system. Thankyou for your help. James

Re: [newbie] uninstalling windows

2000-08-12 Thread Paul
On Sat, 12 Aug 2000, KompuKit wrote: >I have Partition Magic 5.0 installed in windows... >and have used it to re-partition my parts... > >if I un-install windowswill this screw up lilo...on >the ext2 boot partor will this screw up anything else... > >something is wrong with windows...and

Re: [newbie] uninstalling windows

2000-08-12 Thread Mike & Tracy Holt
> I have Partition Magic 5.0 installed in windows... > and have used it to re-partition my parts... > > if I un-install windowswill this screw up lilo...on > the ext2 boot partor will this screw up anything else... > > something is wrong with windows...and i wish to re-install > it... > af

Re: [newbie] uninstalling windows

2000-08-12 Thread Greg Stewart
Which version of winblows do you have? If it's Win98, you can try running the setup utility for windows, from within winblows...proceed as though you're going to install fresh, and it should, it should replace all the system files, reinstall your dirvers, and get everything back to normal without

[newbie] uninstalling windows

2000-08-12 Thread KompuKit
I have Partition Magic 5.0 installed in windows... and have used it to re-partition my parts... if I un-install windowswill this screw up lilo...on the ext2 boot partor will this screw up anything else... something is wrong with windows...and i wish to re-install it... after first refor

Re: [newbie] uninstalling StarOffice?

2000-08-06 Thread Jeff Malka
Thank you. Jeff Malka <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Registered (Newbie) Linux user 183185 - Original Message - From: Mark Weaver <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: Jeff Malka <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Cc: Linux Newbie Mandrake <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Saturday, July 29, 2000 4:24

Re: [newbie] uninstalling StarOffice?

2000-08-02 Thread Austin L. Denyer (SysAdmin.) as root
Hi Jeff. The directory in which you installed Star Office should contain a program called 'setup'. Run this and you will be given the option to uninstall. Hope this helps. Ozz. Jeff Malka wrote: > > I would like to uninstall staroffice, which I installed from the mandrake > disctibution CD b

Re: [newbie] uninstalling StarOffice?

2000-07-31 Thread Mark Weaver
in order to uninstall Star Office you just run the installation of SO again. As the install script is starting it will see that SO is already installed and give you the opportunity to repair the installation, or uninstall SO. -- Mark ** Registered Linux user # 182496 ** O

Re: [newbie] uninstalling StarOffice?

2000-07-31 Thread Paul
On Thu, 27 Jul 2000, Jeff Malka wrote: >I would like to uninstall staroffice, which I installed from the mandrake >disctibution CD by clicking on its rpm which brought up "kpackage" which >then installed it. However when I click on kpackage it tells me star office >is not installed, even though

Re: [newbie] uninstalling StarOffice? Ignore.

2000-07-30 Thread Jeff Malka
Plerase igonore. I solved it. Jeff Malka <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Registered (Newbie) Linux user 183185 - Original Message - From: Jeff Malka <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: Linux Newbie Mandrake <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Thursday, July 27, 2000 10:40 AM Subject: [newbie] unins

[newbie] uninstalling StarOffice?

2000-07-29 Thread Jeff Malka
I would like to uninstall staroffice, which I installed from the mandrake disctibution CD by clicking on its rpm which brought up "kpackage" which then installed it. However when I click on kpackage it tells me star office is not installed, even though it is. What am I doing wrong? Thanks. Jef

Re: [newbie] uninstalling Lilo

2000-07-14 Thread Mark Weaver
Alan, When you boot your machine, press F8 as it's booting and boot to a C:\ prompt. at the prompt type: fdisk /mbr and hit enter. This will completely uninstall LILO from the MBR. DO NOT do this though unless you have a boot disk to get back into Linux cause if you don't have one you're not

[newbie] uninstalling Lilo

2000-07-14 Thread Alan Carpenter
whats the commands for uninstalling Lilo??? In terminal mode, can I just type "lilo -U" will that work??? Also Does anyone have a Adaptec 2930?? Linux doesn't see it at all. Is there something special I need to do?? Thanks for your help. Alan Carp

Re: [newbie] Uninstalling Programs

2000-07-04 Thread Eric MC DECLERCK
Patrick Dyer wrote: > > How do I uninstall programs which were installed from > files of type *.tar.gzip or *.tar.Z? Can someone help > me please. > patrick > > __ > Do You Yahoo!? > Kick off your party with Yahoo! Invites. > http://invites.yahoo

Re: [newbie] Uninstalling Programs

2000-07-04 Thread Phil Burton
Usually, unless there is an uninstall script included with the program, you have to locate the program and manually delete it. For example if you have installed "foobar" then # locate foobar /usr/bin/foobar /usr/doc/foobar ... and the like. Then # rm /usr/bin/foobar # rm -r /usr/doc/foobar (th

Re: [newbie] Uninstalling Stuff

2000-04-12 Thread Wayne Petherick
Patrick, if you installed from a tar file you can use the make uninstall command. Wayne On Thu, 13 Apr 2000, you wrote: > Thank for the assistance,but what about zip files. How > do I uninstall those. > > > --- flupke <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Patrick Dyer wrote: > > > > > > Can someone

Re: [newbie] Uninstalling Stuff

2000-04-12 Thread F. E. Schaper
dnesday, April 12, 2000 4:24 PM Subject: Re: [newbie] Uninstalling Stuff > > Thank for the assistance,but what about zip files. How > do I uninstall those. > > > --- flupke <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Patrick Dyer wrote: > > > > > > Can someone tell m

Re: [newbie] Uninstalling Stuff

2000-04-12 Thread Patrick Dyer
Thank for the assistance,but what about zip files. How do I uninstall those. --- flupke <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Patrick Dyer wrote: > > > > Can someone tell me how to uninstall software in > > Linux. I have downloaded and installed a few > programs > > for trial purposes. Now I want to re

Re: [newbie] Uninstalling Stuff

2000-04-12 Thread flupke
Patrick Dyer wrote: > > Can someone tell me how to uninstall software in > Linux. I have downloaded and installed a few programs > for trial purposes. Now I want to remove them. How > exactly is that done. I am running Mandrake 6. If you installed rpm packages, you desinstall it with rpm -e. HTH

[newbie] Uninstalling Stuff

2000-04-12 Thread Patrick Dyer
Can someone tell me how to uninstall software in Linux. I have downloaded and installed a few programs for trial purposes. Now I want to remove them. How exactly is that done. I am running Mandrake 6. Patrick __ Do You Yahoo!? Send online

[newbie] Uninstalling tar files

2000-04-05 Thread Wayne Petherick
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Re: [newbie] Uninstalling

2000-03-29 Thread Denis Havlik
:~>How do you uninstall software installed from a tar file? With RPMS it is easy, :~>you just use drake or similar program. With tar though, I am not too sure. This is one of the reasons why we use rpm-s now. ;->> If it is just a binary tarball, you can do: rm `tar -tzf NAME.tar.gz` If it i

Re: [newbie] Uninstalling Netscape

2000-03-09 Thread Nicholas Imfeld
What I did was uninstalled the rpm package for 4.7 then installed 4.7 in the opt folder. On Thu, 09 Mar 2000, you wrote: > > Hi .. I have Netscape Communicator 7.0 , have quite alot trouble with it ... I am >about to install 7.2 ...but not sure how to Uninstall this .. is there any uninstal

Re: [newbie] Uninstalling Netscape

2000-03-09 Thread Ronald J. Yacketta
rpm -e netscape ??? > Thanhvu Nguyen wrote: > > Hi .. I have Netscape Communicator 7.0 , have quite alot trouble > with it ... I am about to install 7.2 ...but not sure how to Uninstall > this .. is there any uninstall feature or I have to delete the folder > manually ..That brings up another

[newbie] Uninstalling Netscape

2000-03-09 Thread Thanhvu Nguyen
Hi .. I have Netscape Communicator 7.0   , have quite alot trouble with it ... I am about to install 7.2 ...but not sure how to Uninstall this .. is there any uninstall feature or I have to delete the folder manually ..That brings up another question is I don't know which folder to delete.

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