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 Date: Tue, 25 Jan 2005 12:20:24 EST To: cygwin AT cygwin DOT com Subject: Re: Problem uninstalling/deleting cygwin Message-Id: From: Brian Keener Reply-To: bkeenerReMoVeAnTiSpAm AT thesoftwaresource DOT com In-Reply-To: <1106670496.10021.18.camel@linuxpc.lune> References: <1106670496 DOT 10021 DOT 18 DOT camel AT linuxpc DOT lune> Neven Luetic wrote: > I am able to change owner and permissions of these files to whatever I > want, but I can not delete them ("Permission denied"). > > What should I do, to get a clean new install? > Have you completely rebooted (never hurts just to make sure) and followed the directions in the FAQ: http://cygwin.com/faq.html for "How do I uninstall all of Cygwin?" Also you do not mention what OS which might help you get help. bk -- Unsubscribe info: http://cygwin.com/ml/#unsubscribe-simple Problem reports: http://cygwin.com/problems.html Documentation: http://cygwin.com/docs.html FAQ: http://cygwin.com/faq/