On Sun, May 16, 2004 at 04:20:34PM -0700, Lex Ein <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > 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.
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