Thank you Keith, Peter! So I just delete the C:\MinGW folder and the shortcut from the desktop. Hopefully, there are no any left-over files or entries somewhere in the path or registry, etc. On Sun, Jun 21, 2020 at 1:41 PM Peter Williams <petes****@gmail*****> wrote: > 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 > _______________________________________________ > 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 -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: <https://lists.osdn.me/mailman/archives/mingw-users/attachments/20200629/79300bf5/attachment.html>
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