How to uninstall .sfs files?
Posted: Wed 28 Nov 2012, 15:17
Greetings all,
I apologize if this has been covered elsewhere, I have searched the forums but come up empty handed... perhaps bad search terms since it seems like it would be a pretty normal question for a noob
Ok so I want to delete a .sfs file I have installed i.e. click the pet icon on the pinboard, pick say 'gimp' from the list. Grab the sfs and *install* it, don't choose to use it during startup.
From my understanding (I could be wrong here) Choosing to install it means that all files needed are now present and persistent. The .sfs is no longer needed.
Now then, I have deleted the .sfs file and rebooted. File reappears upon boot.
I have deleted, used find to search for the file (none found), forced a save and rebooted... file is present once again. I assume then that there is some special status of these files that allows them to persist (for 'use' rather than 'install' purposes).
Is there a way to entirely discard them and reclaim the space?
Point: I installed Precise Puppy using the wizard to USB stick, formatting the stick and using it entirely. Puppy is running (aside from RAM) entirely from the stick. I want to learn everything I can to keep it as clean as possible since I do want to add some packages here and there.
Thanks tons for any help!!
- Hap
I apologize if this has been covered elsewhere, I have searched the forums but come up empty handed... perhaps bad search terms since it seems like it would be a pretty normal question for a noob
Ok so I want to delete a .sfs file I have installed i.e. click the pet icon on the pinboard, pick say 'gimp' from the list. Grab the sfs and *install* it, don't choose to use it during startup.
From my understanding (I could be wrong here) Choosing to install it means that all files needed are now present and persistent. The .sfs is no longer needed.
Now then, I have deleted the .sfs file and rebooted. File reappears upon boot.
I have deleted, used find to search for the file (none found), forced a save and rebooted... file is present once again. I assume then that there is some special status of these files that allows them to persist (for 'use' rather than 'install' purposes).
Is there a way to entirely discard them and reclaim the space?
Point: I installed Precise Puppy using the wizard to USB stick, formatting the stick and using it entirely. Puppy is running (aside from RAM) entirely from the stick. I want to learn everything I can to keep it as clean as possible since I do want to add some packages here and there.
Thanks tons for any help!!
- Hap