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From: "Alex Vinokur" <alexvn AT users DOT sourceforge DOT net>
Subject:  Re: Uninstall some category
Date:  Sun, 9 Oct 2005 22:24:37 +0200
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"Igor Pechtchanski" wrote in message news:Pine DOT GSO DOT 4 DOT 63 DOT 0510091601200 DOT 501 AT slinky DOT cs DOT nyu DOT edu...
> On Sun, 9 Oct 2005, Alex Vinokur wrote:
>
> > "Larry Hall" <lh-no-personal-replies-please AT XXXXXX DOT XXX> wrote in message
news:6 DOT 2 DOT 1 DOT 2 DOT 0 DOT 20051009152600 DOT 04477ee0 AT pop DOT prospeed DOT net...
>
> <http://cygwin.com/acronyms/#PCYMTNQREAIYR>.  Thanks.
>
> > > 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.
>
> Note that Larry did not say 'the "Keep" option for other categories' -- he
> said 'the "Keep" radio button *above* the list of packages'.  Look
> carefully, you'll see it there (along with "Prev", "Curr", and "Exp").
> Selecting "Keep" will not install any updates automatically.
>
> > > 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.
>
> Obviously -- that's why the "Keep" mode was introduced in the first place.
[snip]

Not it works fine.

Thanks.

-- 
 Alex Vinokur
     email: alex DOT vinokur AT gmail DOT com
     http://mathforum.org/library/view/10978.html
     http://sourceforge.net/users/alexvn






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