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Un-Installing Software in Puppy Linux 5.1
Posted: Mon 29 Nov 2010, 19:32
by 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.
Posted: Mon 29 Nov 2010, 20:53
by 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)
Posted: Tue 30 Nov 2010, 10:45
by 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
Posted: Tue 30 Nov 2010, 15:42
by 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.
Posted: Tue 30 Nov 2010, 16:28
by brad
Thanks for the info and reply Beem but i'm not upto using the remaster facility ...yet!
Posted: Tue 30 Nov 2010, 18:40
by rjbrewer
brad wrote: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
Posted: Thu 02 Dec 2010, 13:39
by 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.