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Re: reinstall cygwin


--- Nicolas Rist <Nicolas.Rist@alcatel.de> wrote:
> Hi, I've installed cygwin on my NT4 computer, and it's disturbed.
> How can I uninstall and reinstalled it ? (I've tried to clear the
> directory, the registers, but it ever recognize it was already
> installed).
> Thank you
> 

Have you removed the entire Cygwin root directory?  Or, did you install into
the root of the device?  /etc/setup/installed.db controls setup, remove it and
it'll do what you want.

Cheers,

=====
Earnie Boyd
mailto:earnie_boyd@yahoo.com

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