[Wine] Deleting .wine as root

[James McKenzie]

Bob:

First, you have to reply to the list.  All of the support there is 
voluntary.  I support Mac users and others who are having problems just 
to faciltate others who can assist you better.  As you notice, my 
replies have gone out to the list so others can interject their thoughts 
and provide corrections if I am wrong.

Second, please resend the terminal display output to the list.

Thank you.

James McKenzie


Robert Benjamin wrote:
> Hi James. Any new info from the terminal display I emailed to get this 
> Hardwood Solitaire to install? Should it really be this difficult to 
> get it to work?  LOL   Thanks                          Bob
>
> James Mckenzie wrote:
>> Bob:
>>
>> bobje1 is a non-privileged user.  root is a privileged.
>>
>> You have to install the program first and then run it from where you installed it to.
>>
>> James McKenzie
>>
>>
>> -----Original Message-----
>>   
>>> From: Bob <benjie1 at cox.net>
>>> Sent: Jul 29, 2010 2:54 PM
>>> To: James Mckenzie <jjmckenzie51 at earthlink.net>
>>> Subject: Re: Deleting .wine as root
>>>
>>>      Not sure what you meant by non-priviliged user,  but I tried again 
>>> to run hwsoliii.exe after removing .wine. To try and run it,  I clicked 
>>> the icon on the desktop, and in a terminal, as user, I cd to the 
>>> desktop, and then typed wine hwsoliii.exe. Both these tries gave the 
>>> same error message attached.
>>>     Where are the user files that I should remove? All I did was remove 
>>> the .wine and the .exe file which I had in several places. Now it's just 
>>> on the desktop.   Tks. Guess this will work eventually.   :-)       Bob
>>>
>>> On 07/29/2010 01:31 PM, James Mckenzie wrote:
>>>     
>>>> Bob<benjie1 at cox.net>  wrote:
>>>>       
>>>>> Sent: Jul 29, 2010 5:06 PM
>>>>> To: James Mckenzie<jjmckenzie51 at earthlink.net>
>>>>> Subject: Re: Deleting .wine as root
>>>>>
>>>>> On 07/28/2010 03:46 PM, James Mckenzie wrote:
>>>>>         
>>>>>> Bob<benjie1 at cox.net>   wrote:
>>>>>>           
>>>>>>> Sent: Jul 28, 2010 4:32 PM
>>>>>>> To: James Mckenzie<jjmckenzie51 at earthlink.net>
>>>>>>> Subject: Deleting .wine as root
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> Hi James. Not sure how to delete .wine as root. I have to cd to
>>>>>>> /home/benjie1 and the .wine is there.
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> Can I delete it using yum in fedora?
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>             
>>>>>> No, yum is a package manager.  You would delete the Wine program(s) using it.
>>>>>>           
>>>>>>> The .wine doesn't show in the terminal with ls. I guess cause
>>>>>>> it's hidden.
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>             
>>>>>> Correct.  All files that start with a dot (.) are systems files and are hidden in the File Finder (nautilis).
>>>>>>           
>>>>>>> I can go to the desktop folder /home/benjie1 and just
>>>>>>> delete it but I'm not root then, right?
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>             
>>>>>> No.  Since the file was created as root you will either have to su to root and then use the rm -rf .wine/* command while in the /home/benjie1 directory or you can use sudo rm -rf /home/benjie1/.wine while logged in as benjie1.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> BE VERY CAREFUL using the rm -rf command!  If you do this from / or any other directory, you can destroy your file system resulting in a full reinstallation of Fedora.
>>>>>>
>>>>>>           
>>>>>>> So how do I get this done?
>>>>>>>             
>>>>>> See the Wine FAQ for further directions at http://wiki.winehq.org/FAQ
>>>>>>
>>>>>> James McKenzie
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>>           
>>>>>       Hi again James. Just wondering it it would help things if I
>>>>> removed wine completely and started over? Would I do that as root or
>>>>> user, and use the rm -rf command. Rather not do this unless it will
>>>>> help. Thanks                                 Bob
>>>>>
>>>>>         
>>>> Bob:
>>>>
>>>> It is not necessary to remove Wine, just the User files.  Wine is usually installed as root with the ability to run the executables as a non-privileged user.  Are you having problems doing this?
>>>>
>>>> James McKenzie
>>>>
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