austin987 wrote: > On Thu, Jan 15, 2009 at 3:20 PM, DaVince <wineforum-user@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > > > Okay, but I wasn't sure if it would wipe all of them. Thanks for that bit of info. > > > > I'm not sure what you mean? Uninstallers in wine should work as well > as they do in windows. That said, they often don't in wine, because > 'rm -rf ~/.wine' is so easy, it's a low priority. Also, many > uninstallers don't work fully on windows... > > By all of them, if you mean will 'rm -rf ~./wine' remove all windows > applications? If so, sort of. It will remove all applications > installed in that directory (aside from shortcuts). If you never > messed with separate WINEPREFIXs, then yes, that'll remove them all. > > -- > -Austin My train of thought is kind of like this: because an app's configuration files can be in so many places, the package's script that takes care of "completely removing" could maybe forget a few places and keep the config files there anyway. But this would be the same as with Windows anyway, especially where registry keys for some apps simply aren't removed. @Ben Okopnik: I did only mention the app's settings though, not files made with it.
