Remove wine and start over Desktop Environments Question

Question Remove wine and start over ( Ubuntu Forums Desktop Environments )
Updated: 2008-11-23 01:50:05 (22)

Remove wine and start over

I followed a how-to thread on installing wine and I believe it's messed up. So I would like to remove it the simplest way and I have done the synaptic thing but I want all removed and no trace of it left, Then I can start over agin

Answers: Remove wine and start over ( Ubuntu Forums Desktop Environments )

Remove wine and start over

This may sound silly, but my ?? regarding"How do I get to Nautilus} was not answered.

MustangSallydd

Remove wine and start over

Did you by any chance make Wine mount your actual windows drive?

Lord Illidan

Remove wine and start over

:~$ sudo rm ~/.wine

Password:
rm: cannot remove `/home/-----/.wine': Is a directory

MustangSallydd

Remove wine and start over

Quote:

Originally Posted by MustangSallydd

~$ rm -R ~/.wine
rm: remove write-protected regular empty file `/home/--------/.wine/drive_c/windows/system32/sfp/MSCREATE.DIR'? rm -fr or sudo rm -r
rm: remove write-protected regular empty file `/home/-------/.wine/drive_c/windows/system32/sfp/ie/MSCREATE.DIR'? I get the same thing over again!

You need to use sudo

Quote:

sudo rm -rf ~/.wine

echo $USER

Remove wine and start over

MustangSallydd

Remove wine and start over

Quote:

Originally Posted by MustangSallydd

~$ rm -R ~/.wine
rm: remove write-protected regular empty file `/home/------/.wine/drive_c/windows/system32/sfp/MSCREATE.DIR'? am I supposed to do something else now?

rm -fr or sudo rm -r

Predius

Remove wine and start over

Simple.

rm -R ~/.wine

Lord Illidan

Remove wine and start over

~$ rm -R ~/.wine
rm: remove write-protected regular empty file `/home/------/.wine/drive_c/windows/system32/sfp/MSCREATE.DIR'? am I supposed to do something else now?

MustangSallydd

Remove wine and start over

If you've already removed Wine through Synaptic, then delete your ~/.wine folder. That's where configuration settings and the pretend C: drive are kept.

CatKiller

Remove wine and start over

How would I do that please. I don't want to mess up a good thing here. Edgy is running pretty smooth for me and I don't wanna blow it apart yet

MustangSallydd

Remove wine and start over

Yes it was. Go to Places -> Home Folder. The window that opens is a Nautilus window. If you don't believe me, type

Code:

nautilus

into a terminal. Same thing.

CatKiller

Remove wine and start over

Thanks CatKiller, I believe I'm all set now and it's gone. Now I want to try and put wine in with out any screw-ups. I followed a winetools how-to last week and that is what started this whole mess. Any one with insight is welcome to help me out.

MustangSallydd

Remove wine and start over

: No such file or directory
:~$ sudo rmdir -rf /home/-----/.wine
Password:
rmdir: invalid option -- r
Try `rmdir --help' for more information.
~$ sudo rmdir -f /home/-----/.wine
rmdir: invalid option -- f
Try `rmdir --help' for more information.~$ ~$ sudo rm -Rf ~/.wine
bash: ~$: command not found

MustangSallydd

Remove wine and start over

Quote:

Originally Posted by MustangSallydd

:~$ sudo rm ~/.wine

Password:
rm: cannot remove `/home/-----/.wine': Is a directory

when you are using sudo, the home directory refers to the superuser root at /root.

use this command instead:

Code:

sudo rmdir -rf /home/<username>/.wine

<username> refers to your log in name...

hope that helps...cheers~

vseehua

Remove wine and start over

Quote:

Originally Posted by MustangSallydd

:~$ sudo rm ~/.wine

Password:
rm: cannot remove `/home/-----/.wine': Is a directory

You probably left the -R out.

Code:

~$ sudo rm -Rf ~/.wine

should work.

Jeremy23

Remove wine and start over

Forgive my ignorance, but how do I open nautilus?

MustangSallydd

Remove wine and start over

Quote:

Originally Posted by MustangSallydd

Forgive my ignorance, but how do I open nautilus?

Nautilus is the name of the File Manager/Windows Explorer style file browser. If you're looking at icons of files, then you're in Nautilus.

CatKiller

Remove wine and start over

yep, that's all.

tuxcantfly

Remove wine and start over

if you prefer using nautilus then open it go to /home/<username>/
do Ctrl-h locate .wine and delete it.

chajuram

Remove wine and start over

Did that. Nothing came but back to my user name. Hope that's all that was supposed to happen. Thanks

MustangSallydd

Remove wine and start over

I'm not sure. Is there a way to find out? Thanks for your reply.

MustangSallydd

Remove wine and start over

Quote:

Originally Posted by MustangSallydd

:~$ sudo rm ~/.wine

Password:
rm: cannot remove `/home/-----/.wine': Is a directory

You forgot to use the -rf command along with it. -r is for recursive(deletes directories, -f is to force the action. Once again, use this command...

Quote:

sudo rm -rf ~/.wine

Just copy that and paste into terminal, press enter... it will work.

echo $USER

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