Un-Installing Software in Puppy Linux 5.1

[brad]

Being as i can't get the Gnome Mplayer to play CD's or DVD's it's pointless having it at all. So could someone tell me how i can uninstall it please.

[noryb009]

You can't uninstall a program that came with Puppy Linux. I wouldn't worry, it's taking up less then 1 MB. (I'm pretty sure)

[brad]

Hi noryb009

I am in no way knocking Puppy Linux but i always thought that one of the best things about any Linux distro was the user's ability to chop and change when and where ever he/she choose? After all, in this case, what's the point of keeping software you can't or don't use?

By the way, the reply was appreciated, Thanks

[Béèm]

All the initial packages are in a sfs, which is read only.
You can create a new ISO, packages removed, with the remaster facility.

[brad]

Thanks for the info and reply Beem but i'm not upto using the remaster facility ...yet!

[rjbrewer]

Thanks for the info and reply Beem but i'm not upto using the remaster facility ...yet!

I see you are using a full install.
In that case any file you trash and delete will be actually removed;
not just hidden, as is the case with frugal.
I use pfind (in filesystem) to search for the files (all files).
Keep notes of the files I trash-delete.
If I remove something that causes dependency problems, I replace
the needed files from the live cd; or rerun the install from the cd and
choose "update" instead of "wipe".

When and if you get around to trying a remaster, here's a nice app
for removing files.

http://murga-linux.com/puppy/viewtopic. ... 950#422950

[brad]

Thanks for the reply rjbrewer. Shall have a look at the link you provided but first i have to sort other problems i've encountered.