On 12/10/10 7:31 AM, Joachim Backes wrote: > 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. > Just to let you know, there is a patch either pending or was incorporated for Wine 1.3.10 to allow the use of the msi uninstaller for instances like these. James McKenzie -- users mailing list users@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx To unsubscribe or change subscription options: https://admin.fedoraproject.org/mailman/listinfo/users Guidelines: http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Mailing_list_guidelines
