used: sh winetricks mdac28 can see it installed to /home/user/.wine/drive_c/Program Files/Common Files and windows and winetrickscache it hasn't resolved the issues i'm having so how do i remove the mdac28 package? do i have to manually remove the files or is there an opposite to sh winetricks mdac28? also... does rm -rf ~/.wine put wine back to it's initial install state? ie removes all winetricks packages as well as programs installed am only testing one program this might be helpful in trying a clean install thanks for the continuing assistance! when i mess things up!
> does rm -rf ~/.wine put wine back to it's initial install state? > ie removes all winetricks packages > as well as programs installed >Yes this removes everything you installed under wine as the current user except it does not remove shortcuts from your window manager. John
thanks john that information is invaluable vitamin had discussed it and i understand it better now
K4Z00 wrote:> thanks john > that information is invaluable > vitamin had discussed it > and i understand it better now >If you want to be able to go back to the .wine you set up you can use: code: mv .wine{,.backup} This moves the .wine directory to .wine.backup Then you run: code: wineboot This should create a new .wine with no installed programs. James McKenzie
James McKenzie wrote:> > If you want to be able to go back to the .wine you set up you can use: > > code: > mv .wine{,.backup} > > This moves the .wine directory to .wine.backup >need to ask a rudimentary question why the "," before .backup? why is it there, what does it do?! (apart from enable it to work!)
K4Z00 wrote:> James McKenzie wrote: > >> If you want to be able to go back to the .wine you set up you can use: >> >> code: >> mv .wine{,.backup} >> >> This moves the .wine directory to .wine.backup >> >> > > > need to ask a rudimentary question > why the "," before .backup? > why is it there, what does it do?! > (apart from enable it to work!) > >It forces an append of the following information as a part of regular expressions, which is what we are using. Think of the {,} as short hand. If I were to give you the longer and still correct version of the command it would look like: mv .wine .wine.backup James McKenzie