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From: "Alex Vinokur" <alexvn AT users DOT sourceforge DOT net>
Subject:  Re: Uninstall some category
Date:  Sun, 9 Oct 2005 21:56:28 +0200
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"Larry Hall" <lh-no-personal-replies-please AT cygwin DOT com> wrote in message news:6 DOT 2 DOT 1 DOT 2 DOT 0 DOT 20051009152600 DOT 04477ee0 AT pop DOT prospeed DOT net...
> At 03:13 PM 10/9/2005, you wrote:
>
> >"Larry Hall" wrote in message news:6 DOT 2 DOT 1 DOT 2 DOT 0 DOT 20051009141156 DOT 0447a698 AT pop DOT prospeed DOT net...
> >> At 01:43 PM 10/9/2005, you wrote:
> >> >I wont to uninstall some category, for instance, "Games".
> >> >What should one do?
> >>
> >>
> >> Run 'setup.exe'.  Click "Next" until one gets to the "Select Package"
> >> page.  Click on "Default" for "Games" until it changes to "Uninstall".
> >> Click "Next".  Continue as one would for any other use of 'setup.exe'.
> >>
> >
> >[snip]
> >
> >OK. But other categories can contain some packages with new versions of some utilities.
> >If I don't want to update those utilities, should I set "Keep" in *each* utility?
>
>
> You should be able to select the "Keep" radio button above the list of
> packages to do that
This is the point. Here are list of options for categories (while "Download without installing"):
* Default
* Install
* Reinstall
* Uninstall
So, the "Keep" option is missing.

> but your option is also viable, though perhaps more
> tedious, depending on the number of packages you have installed.
Of course, I don't want to that for each relevant utility.

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 Alex Vinokur
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