Thank you Keith - that was useful for me. Best Wishes, Peter On Thu, 18 Jun 2020 at 20:47, Keith Marshall <keith****@users*****> wrote: > On 18/06/2020 19:27, Peter Williams wrote: > > I'm still not clear by what you mean by "all MinGW installer". IFAIK > > this is just the one file: mingw-get.exe. > > No, this is not correct. The installer _is_ mingw-get, but most of its > run time code, (assuming an installation within C:\MinGW), is found in > C:\MinGW\libexec\mingw-get; C:\MinGW\bin\mingw-get.exe is just a stub, > to launch it, in either its CLI or GUI personality. > > > To delete any folder,file or shortcut you do it in the standard way. > > Right click the appropriate icon and select the "delete" option. > > Exactly so. There is no bespoke "uninstall" tool for mingw-get, because > quite frankly, none is needed; the development, and maintenance of such > a tool would be a complete waste of time, and effort. > > I'm in complete agreement, that the OP has not adequately specified his, > (or her), objective: if it's to expunge everything which is associated > with MinGW, then just delete the entire C:\MinGW directory tree. OTOH, > if the intent is to remove just mingw-get, then delete any associated > desktop or start-menu shortcuts, in addition to: > > - C:\MinGW\bin\mingw-get.exe (program file) > - C:\MinGW\libexec\mingw-get (program code directory) > - C:\MinGW\var\lib\mingw-get (working data directory) > - C:\MinGW\var\cache\mingw-get (package download directory) > > Of these, only the last could possibly benefit from a bespoke cache > cleaning tool, (which may be included in some future release of the > mingw-get package set); in the meantime, manual deletion of stale > package files from C:\MinGW\var\cache\mingw-get\packages may be beneficial. > > -- > Regards, > Keith. > > Public key available from keys.gnupg.net > Key fingerprint: C19E C018 1547 DE50 E1D4 8F53 C0AD 36C6 347E 5A3F > > _______________________________________________ > MinGW-Users mailing list > MinGW****@lists***** > > This list observes the Etiquette found at > http://www.mingw.org/Mailing_Lists. > We ask that you be polite and do the same. Disregard for the list > etiquette may cause your account to be moderated. > > _______________________________________________ > You may change your MinGW Account Options or unsubscribe at: > https://lists.osdn.me/mailman/listinfo/mingw-users > Also: mailto:mingw****@lists*****?subject=unsubscribe -- Peter Williams petes****@gmail***** 27 Ramsbury Road, St. Albans, AL1 1SN, UK -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: <https://lists.osdn.me/mailman/archives/mingw-users/attachments/20200621/2170dcd2/attachment.html>
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