[Wine] Deleting .wine as root

[James Mckenzie]

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