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Re: Uninstall some category
"Larry Hall" <lh-no-personal-replies-please@cygwin.com> wrote in message 6.2.1.2.0.20051009152600.04477ee0@pop.prospeed.net">news:6.2.1.2.0.20051009152600.04477ee0@pop.prospeed.net...
> At 03:13 PM 10/9/2005, you wrote:
>
> >"Larry Hall" wrote in message 6.2.1.2.0.20051009141156.0447a698@pop.prospeed.net">news:6.2.1.2.0.20051009141156.0447a698@pop.prospeed.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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