On 12/10/2010 03:08 PM, James Mckenzie wrote: > Joachim Backes <joachim.backes@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: >> Sent: Dec 9, 2010 11:38 PM >> To: Community support for Fedora users <users@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> >> Subject: Re: Fedora 14, Wine 1.3.8, Corel WordPerfect Office 12, now a permanent stain >> >> On 12/10/2010 05:37 AM, David Liguori wrote: >>> I hadn't tried Wine in a while so I gave this a go. After crashing it, >>> searching around and finding some suggestions for a better installation, >>> I tried to uninstall WPO and begin again. But, when I run the >>> uninstaller, it only pretends to uninstall it--it's still there. The >>> windows are in a barely readable dim grey. I re-ran the uninstallation >>> with the WPO disk, same thing. So I tried uninstalling Wine, first with >>> system ->administration ->add/remove software then with yum erase wine. >>> It's all still there, like a red wine stain. Anyone have similar woes >>> and find a work-around? >> >> Hi, >> >> if Corel WPO was installed by a .msi file (I don't know), then the >> uninstaller does not work. This is a known issue. >> >> And to your special problem: uninstalling wine does not remove the >> ~/.wine directory, and not the wine parts in >> ~/.local/share/applications! That's the red wine stain :-) >> > If you ran the uninstaller from WPO this does not work in Wine. Use wine uninstaller to do this. It is in the Wine FAQ at http://wiki.winehq.org/FAQ > Hi James, my experience: if a prog was installed by a .msi installer file, uninstalling the prog by the wine uninstaller did not run. Perhaps I did something wrong, may be, but such a prog was not uninstalled by the wine uninstaller. Kind regards -- Joachim Backes <joachim.backes@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> http://www.rhrk.uni-kl.de/~backes
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