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Uninstalling in Linux is potentially hazardous to your system
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RayLopez99
Dec 27, 2012, 10:58:17 AM12/27/12
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From another forum...
RL
Remember when... Uninstalling programs often meant that you had to
answer cryptic questions about whether certain files should be
uninstalled? The prompt went something like...
"Other programs might not be using these files, would you like to
uninstall them?"
At least in Windows XP, sometimes I get the generic prompt...
"Are you sure you want to do that?"
Umm, well... Is that a question or a threat?
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5:56 PM (less than a minute ago)
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Yes, but now it's seamless in Windows land even and especially with programs like Revo Uninstaller.
However, in Linux land, they still have to figure out which files should be deleted, as 'root', and if they mess up the uninstall your Linux system is toast...
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RL
Remember when... Uninstalling programs often meant that you had to
answer cryptic questions about whether certain files should be
uninstalled? The prompt went something like...
"Other programs might not be using these files, would you like to
uninstall them?"
At least in Windows XP, sometimes I get the generic prompt...
"Are you sure you want to do that?"
Umm, well... Is that a question or a threat?
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5:56 PM (less than a minute ago)
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Yes, but now it's seamless in Windows land even and especially with programs like Revo Uninstaller.
However, in Linux land, they still have to figure out which files should be deleted, as 'root', and if they mess up the uninstall your Linux system is toast...
RL
Edwin
Jul 6, 2014, 1:50:24 PM7/6/14
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On 12/27/2012 09:58 AM, RayLopez99 wrote:
[...]
> However, in Linux land, they still have to figure out which files
> should be deleted, as 'root', and if they mess up the uninstall your
> Linux system is toast...
I've never come across that in any of the many distros I've tried. The
package manager handles all of that automatically. Synaptic in particular.
[...]
> However, in Linux land, they still have to figure out which files
> should be deleted, as 'root', and if they mess up the uninstall your
> Linux system is toast...
package manager handles all of that automatically. Synaptic in particular.
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Aragorn
Jul 6, 2014, 4:16:12 PM7/6/14
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On Sunday 06 July 2014 21:00, Hactar conveyed the following to
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> In article <A%fuv.346764$hV.3...@fx10.iad>, Edwin
> How about a year and a half ago, when that was posted?
... And by a notorious troll from comp.os.linux.advocacy, who, by his
own admission, is a Microsoft shareholder...
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> In article <A%fuv.346764$hV.3...@fx10.iad>, Edwin
... And by a notorious troll from comp.os.linux.advocacy, who, by his
own admission, is a Microsoft shareholder...
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= Aragorn =
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