Re: Uninstalling a program from Cygwin in Windows XP

2007-09-14 Thread Morgan Gangwere
On 9/14/07, D <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > So basically take the command that is at the bottom and use that instead > because I am on > windows xp? This has NOTHING to do with Windows XP. you went a traditional route to install from sources. a simple 'make uninstall' should suffice (in all good t

RE: Uninstalling a program from Cygwin in Windows XP

2007-09-14 Thread D
So basically take the command that is at the bottom and use that instead because I am on windows xp? --- Dave Korn wrote: > On 14 September 2007 15:14, Dave Korn wrote: > > > On 14 September 2007 13:56, D wrote: > > > >> When I tried to ask the developer of the program how to remove the pro

RE: Uninstalling a program from Cygwin in Windows XP

2007-09-14 Thread Dave Korn
On 14 September 2007 15:14, Dave Korn wrote: > On 14 September 2007 13:56, D wrote: > >> When I tried to ask the developer of the program how to remove the program >> he indicated that the problem was not with fontforge, but with Cygwin, > > He is wrong. > > The command he provided is a sim

RE: Uninstalling a program from Cygwin in Windows XP

2007-09-14 Thread Dave Korn
On 14 September 2007 13:56, D wrote: > When I tried to ask the developer of the program how to remove the program > he indicated that the problem was not with fontforge, but with Cygwin, He is wrong. The command he provided is a simple delete of all the files that the installer should have

Re: Uninstalling a program from Cygwin in Windows XP

2007-09-14 Thread Lou Losee
On 9/14/07, D <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I have installed a program called Fontforge (An > outline font editor) into the Cygwin environment in > order to create and manipulate fonts for Windows XP. I > would like to update the editor, but when I try the > uninstall commands cygwin does not uninst

Re: Uninstalling a program from Cygwin in Windows XP

2007-09-14 Thread Thorsten Kampe
* D (Fri, 14 Sep 2007 05:56:03 -0700 (PDT)) > --- Thorsten Kampe wrote: > > It's not a part of the official Cygwin distribution. So how can we > > know how to uninstall the program? > > > A sufficient problem description would be fine. What happens when you > > issue this command and why does i

Re: Uninstalling a program from Cygwin in Windows XP

2007-09-14 Thread D
--- Thorsten Kampe wrote: > It's not a part of the official Cygwin distribution. So how can we > know how to uninstall the program? > > A sufficient problem description would be fine. What happens when you > issue this command and why does it not uninstall the program? > > On the other han

Re: Uninstalling a program from Cygwin in Windows XP

2007-09-14 Thread Thorsten Kampe
* D (Fri, 14 Sep 2007 02:25:59 -0700 (PDT)) > I have installed a program called Fontforge (An > outline font editor) into the Cygwin environment in > order to create and manipulate fonts for Windows XP. I > would like to update the editor, but when I try the > uninstall commands cygwin does not uni

Uninstalling a program from Cygwin in Windows XP

2007-09-14 Thread D
I have installed a program called Fontforge (An outline font editor) into the Cygwin environment in order to create and manipulate fonts for Windows XP. I would like to update the editor, but when I try the uninstall commands cygwin does not uninstall the program can some provide help as to how to