Ben Finney wrote: > "Pete" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > >> I googled "python" and have no interest in it and know nothing about >> it. >> >> Therefore, I would like to uninstall both the versions since I do >> not believe I need them. Would it be okay to uninstall them or >> would you recommend that I keep them even though I will probably >> never use them (ie for the future just in case). > > It should be okay to uninstall *any* software on your system if you > believe you don't want it. > > If you don't have a system that defaults to removing software without > checking if other packages depend on it, I'd hope you have stern words > to say to your operating system vendor and seek out more user-friendly > operating systems.
Thanks Ben...I told you in my very first few words who my operating system vendor was (ie non other than "Bill Gates"). I said I was using xpsp2. So do all "windows" xp computer operating systems do what you said (ie, check if other packages depend on something that you are uninstalling). I would certainly hope so, since MS is the world leader with "windows". I am not a pc guru like you are, so when you tell me to seek out more user friendly operator systems, it is over my head. I buy my pc's out of the box with windows installed on them...Pete > > On the other hand, if packaged programs depend on other packages but > don't use the operating system package manager to declare this, those > programs are poorly packaged. > > In short: it's your computer. We hope you'll one day be interested > enough in Python to want to use it some more. For now, if you want to > uninstall it, you should feel free, and demand an explanation from > anything that breaks as a result. -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list
