Removing winetricks

Dpld · Post by **Dpld** » Wed Apr 14, 2010 11:03 am

Hi all,

In order to solve a problem with a specific application I am installing WMP10 via winetricks (or better, trying to install, as the GUI of the installer is seriously broken...). Is there a convenient way for uninstalling that, or other winetricks apps and libraries, if at some point in the future I decide to get rid of them?

hellork · Post by **hellork** » Fri Apr 16, 2010 3:38 pm

Dpld wrote:Hi all,

In order to solve a problem with a specific application I am installing WMP10 via winetricks (or better, trying to install, as the GUI of the installer is seriously broken...). Is there a convenient way for uninstalling that, or other winetricks apps and libraries, if at some point in the future I decide to get rid of them?

Wine's uninstaller is sort of broken.

http://wiki.winehq.org/FAQ#uninstall_app

winetricks keeps its downloaded zipfiles in a separate folder. There is no need to delete them as they are merely installers. The link should give you the info you need.

David Gerard · Post by **David Gerard** » Fri Apr 16, 2010 3:49 pm

On 14 April 2010 17:03, Dpld <[email protected]> wrote:

In order to solve a problem with a specific application I am installing WMP10 via winetricks (or better, trying to install, as the GUI of the installer is seriously broken...). Is there a convenient way for uninstalling that, or other winetricks apps and libraries, if at some point in the future I decide to get rid of them?

Uninstalling in Wine is not so reliable.

The usual way to start things afresh is to start over in a different
WINEPREFIX. (The Wine equivalent of reinstalling Windows, but a lot
less painful.)

- d.