Mailing-List: contact cygwin-help AT cygwin DOT com; run by ezmlm List-Subscribe: List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: , Sender: cygwin-owner AT cygwin DOT com Mail-Followup-To: cygwin AT cygwin DOT com Delivered-To: mailing list cygwin AT cygwin DOT com Reply-To: From: "Flo" To: Subject: TR : RE : How can i really uninstall completly cygwin from Windows XP Pro ??? Date: Sun, 8 Feb 2004 15:56:04 +0100 Message-ID: <000601c3ee53$ad5bd9c0$be00a8c0@florent> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" X-IsSubscribed: yes Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit X-MIME-Autoconverted: from quoted-printable to 8bit by delorie.com id i18EtwvJ015480 I deleted Cygwin directory successfuly Thx Flo -----Message d'origine----- De : cygwin-owner AT cygwin DOT com [mailto:cygwin-owner AT cygwin DOT com] De la part de Flo Envoyé : dimanche 8 février 2004 11:43 À : cygwin AT cygwin DOT com Objet : RE : How can i really uninstall completly cygwin from Windows XP Pro ??? Hello Thx for your help but i get and error : > This is due to the permission and ownership settings on these files. To > be able to remove them, you should first take ownership of the whole > Cygwin folder, either by running "chown -R $USER /" as an administrative > user, or, if you've already removed part of Cygwin, by going through > Windows Explorer's file properties dialog for "c:\cygwin", in Advanced > permission settings. The error : $ chown -R Flo / chown: getting attributes of `//bin': No such file or directory chown: getting attributes of `//cvsroot': No such file or directory chown: getting attributes of `//cygwin.bat': No such file or directory chown: getting attributes of `//cygwin.ico': No such file or directory chown: getting attributes of `//etc': No such file or directory chown: getting attributes of `//ftp': No such file or directory chown: getting attributes of `//home': No such file or directory chown: getting attributes of `//lib': No such file or directory chown: getting attributes of `//opt': No such file or directory chown: getting attributes of `//temp': No such file or directory chown: getting attributes of `//tmp': No such file or directory chown: getting attributes of `//usr': No such file or directory chown: getting attributes of `//var': No such file or directory The permissions didn't change and in advanced mode of file properties i can't make any change, there isn't any permission options. In standard mode, when i uncheck "Read-only" permissions i get the Access refused error on any system files. -----Message d'origine----- De : Igor Pechtchanski [mailto:pechtcha AT cs DOT nyu DOT edu] Envoyé : samedi 7 février 2004 19:46 À : Flo Cc : cygwin AT cygwin DOT com Objet : Re: How can i really uninstall completly cygwin from Windows XP Pro ??? On Sat, 7 Feb 2004, Flo wrote: > Hello, > > I have a question i ever seen in this forum but without a correct > response : > > How can i uninstall completly cygwin from Windows XP Pro ??? > > I try uninstall it with the setup.exe but it doesn’t work : > > The FAQ says that : > > How do I uninstall all of Cygwin? > > Setup has no automatic uninstall facility. Just delete everything > manually: > • Cygwin shortcuts on the Desktop and Start Menu > • The registry tree `Software\Cygnus Solutions' under HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINEand/or HKEY_CURRENT_USER. > • Anything under the Cygwin root folder, `C:\cygwin' by default. > • Anything created by setup in its temporary working directory. > It's up to you to deal with other changes you made to your system, such > as installing the inetd service, altering system paths, etc. Setup would > not have done any of these things for you. Oh, good, you actually read the FAQ... :-) > So, i stopped and removed the SSHD and INETD services and tried to > delete everything manually: > But i got “Acces refused” error on cygwin System files like : > sshd_config, ssh_config, ssh_host_dsa_key, inetd.log... This is due to the permission and ownership settings on these files. To be able to remove them, you should first take ownership of the whole Cygwin folder, either by running "chown -R $USER /" as an administrative user, or, if you've already removed part of Cygwin, by going through Windows Explorer's file properties dialog for "c:\cygwin", in Advanced permission settings. > One day i tried to delete the cygwin directory and i didn’t have any > problem but now on every cygwin install i get this problem and it make > me nuts. > I also tried to start windows in sage mode and delete it but it didn’t > work. This won't help - safe mode doesn't change file ownership. It only helps if the files are reported as being "in use" because there are services that are automatically started in normal mode. In this case, you can also simply stop the services via "cygrunsrv -E ". > Why the cygwin developpers didn't make un uninstaller, is it so > difficult for them ?!!! Nobody bothered. The principle of open-source development is "you scratch your itch, and then share the results". If you need an uninstaller, feel free to contribute one. . > Another BIG question why the Cygwin installer developpers made a so > small windows to check packages to install with Cygwin ? instead this > windows isn't resizable ?!! It's currently under development. Try a setup snapshot: . > Florent HTH, Igor -- http://cs.nyu.edu/~pechtcha/ |\ _,,,---,,_ pechtcha AT cs DOT nyu DOT edu ZZZzz /,`.-'`' -. ;-;;,_ igor AT watson DOT ibm DOT com |,4- ) )-,_. ,\ ( `'-' Igor Pechtchanski, Ph.D. '---''(_/--' `-'\_) fL a.k.a JaguaR-R-R-r-r-r-.-.-. Meow! 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