Nine days ago, this was "Using Setup.exe to uninstall -bogus". Please help me figure out how to get Setup.exe to STOP TRYING TO INSTALL X. Setup.exe won't stop trying to snag unnecessary components. What file(s) to I have to edit manually to make this happen? What can I manually delete? It's a remote system, so I can't uninstall Cygwin without losing control.
Little help? On Fri, 07 May 2004 19:16:54 -0700, "Lex Ein" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> said: > If there exists a sensible method for trimming the bulk of an existing > Cygwin installation on a running disk-limited REMOTE system accessible > only via ssh, I'd love to know it. I've completely lost patience. > > On a remote system, I've been trying to uninstall large chunks of Cygwin > (x, db). Using Setup.exe to do this is like playing Whack-a-Mole, and is > extremely frustrating. > > The "Keep | Reinstall | Source | Version1 | Version2...| Uninstall" > click-to-rotate control forces dependancies both far and near while I'm > trying to _reach_ Uninstall. Uninstall LEAVES THOSE DEPENDANCIES > ACTIVATED. > > Without a way to select Uninstall without clocking through all the other > dependancy activators, it's impossible to remove features and all their > dependancies stickily. > > In fact, the very process of trying to do this piece by piece has > resulted in masses of other crap being installed which I don't need. > It's rather disturbing, as I'm running out of space on the remote system. > > L > > flames->dev/null > > -- > http://www.fastmail.fm - Choose from over 50 domains or use your own > > -- > Unsubscribe info: http://cygwin.com/ml/#unsubscribe-simple > Problem reports: http://cygwin.com/problems.html > Documentation: http://cygwin.com/docs.html > FAQ: http://cygwin.com/faq/ > -- http://www.fastmail.fm - Choose from over 50 domains or use your own -- Unsubscribe info: http://cygwin.com/ml/#unsubscribe-simple Problem reports: http://cygwin.com/problems.html Documentation: http://cygwin.com/docs.html FAQ: http://cygwin.com/faq/
