wine users - Jul 2006 - Cannot uninstall wine; failed dependencies

I recently installed SuSE 10.1 for the first time (I'm completely new
to Linux).

Wine was installed with it, but i'm not sure what version, or what
directory it was installed to.

To be safe I thought it'd be best for me to uninstall wine completely,
and reinstall the latest version.

I went to what I think is the correct directory (/usr/lib/) and did
'make uninstall wine' and got the error message :

make: ***No rule to make target 'uninstall'. Stop.

So instead i tried 'rpm -e wine' in the same directory, and got the
following error message:

error: Failed dependencies:
        libwine.so.1 is needed by (installed)
xmms-plugins-1.2.10-44.i586

Could anybody tell me how to fix this so i can uninstall wine.

Thanks.

sir_k_88@hotmail.com wrote:
> I recently installed SuSE 10.1 for the first time (I'm completely new
> to Linux).
> 
I hope you like it. It is a bit of a learning curve at first though, but
that's
part of the fun.
> Wine was installed with it, but i'm not sure what version, or what
> directory it was installed to.
> 
> To be safe I thought it'd be best for me to uninstall wine completely,
> and reinstall the latest version.
> 
This isn't as necessary as it is in windows but is always a good idea as
long as
you don't directories like .wine or .xine or .gnome etcetera in your 
/home/username directory as they hold the personal settings which you will want 
to keep
> I went to what I think is the correct directory (/usr/lib/) and did
> 'make uninstall wine' and got the error message :
> 
> make: ***No rule to make target 'uninstall'. Stop.
> 
Your second attempt is more along the right lines but this is important so
I'll
put my 2 cents in. The make command works from the "Makefile" file
which is a
script included in the *source code*. It should be used from the directory 
you've extracted the source code like this:

./configure <-- checks your system against it's requirements
make	    <-- compiles the source into binary

along with:

make install <-- usually done as root

or:

make uninstall  <-- deletes any installed files

or even

Make clean	<-- removes any compiled files from the source directory

There's little else to installing from the source but do a search on the 
internet as you will need to familiarize yourself with it.
> So instead i tried 'rpm -e wine' in the same directory, and got the
> following error message:
> 
It doesn't matter what directory you run rpm/urpmi/etcetera from as the rpm
app
all use a central database.
> error: Failed dependencies:
>         libwine.so.1 is needed by (installed)
> xmms-plugins-1.2.10-44.i586
> 
> Could anybody tell me how to fix this so i can uninstall wine.
> 
I could give you the quick answer but this will be better for you.

Almost *every* program you ever install (from rpm or "make install" or
whatever)
on linux will install a man(ual) page giving detailed information. These are 
very useful to look at if you are getting an error or *think* you know which app
to use but not which options.

Try "man rpm" from any directory and you'll quickly get your
answer.

Ok here's the quick answer as well.

libwine.so.1 is included in all the wine rpms and xmms is just a media player so
you can safely do:

rpm -e --force wine
> Thanks.
>

If wine was installed as part of the SuSE install process
then you could use the Yast control center to remove it.

in kde just select system from the k-menu then yast control
center. enter your root password at the prompt, select software
management from the list, type wine at the search prompt,
click on the check box until it becomes a garbage can icon,
then click the accept button, follow the prompts.

if not in kde just get to a console prompt, type su to become
root, enter root password at prompt, then type yast to run the yast
utility, select software management from the list, alt-f for filter,
select search, type wine at the search prompt, select wine, alt-t
for actions, select delete, then alt-a to accept, follow the prompts.

i use the alt key combinations because the mouse doesn't always
work in the console, if the mouse is working for you, then feel
free to use it instead.

buck