From d4983579f0da53523045b2094d35c120e4d05ac9 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Mike Hearn Date: Mon, 22 Sep 2003 19:30:03 +0000 Subject: [PATCH] Removing the directory is almost always the wrong way to remove wine. --- documentation/faq.sgml | 25 ++++++++----------------- 1 file changed, 8 insertions(+), 17 deletions(-) diff --git a/documentation/faq.sgml b/documentation/faq.sgml index a9c1c858160..b058eff90b8 100644 --- a/documentation/faq.sgml +++ b/documentation/faq.sgml @@ -1411,24 +1411,15 @@ export PATH=$PATH:/path/to/wine/binary - All you have to do is to type: - - -rm -fR \[/path/\]Wine* - - - Make sure that you specify the exact path when using the powerful - rm -fR command. If you are afraid that you might - delete something important, or might otherwise delete other files - within your file system, cd into each Wine - sub directory singly and delete the files found there manually, - one file or directory at a time. - - - Neither the Wine developers and programmers, nor the Wine FAQ - author/maintainer, can be held responsible for your deleting any - files in your own file system. + It depends on how you installed. If you used an RPM, the right command is this: + rpm -e wine (as root) + + If you installed from source (the .tar.gz file), the right + way to do it is to change to the root of the source tree (the directory with the configure script, + readme etc) then run as root: + make uninstall +