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Article #3881Re: su File Viewer
From: Ian Jefferson
Date: Tue, 17 Nov 1992 23:59
Date: Tue, 17 Nov 1992 23:59
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In <1992Nov17.194525.29413@kakwa.ucs.ualberta.ca> sherwood@space.ualberta.ca (Sherwood Botsford) writes: >Allen B (ab@nova.cc.purdue.edu) wrote: < stuff deleted > >: on my machine at one time or another, this comes up a lot. :-) >: >While at times useful, it's not necessary. Open a Stuart window, >su to root then type >/NextAdmin/Installer.app/Installer & >Installer comes up, as root, and you carry on. It is a nuisance. >This is why I prefer programs that are tar.Z's or zips to those that >are packages. I can start one or more gnutars or unzips and stuff in >background. Installer has a raft of mouse clicks and dreck. Of course its a bit difficult to uninstall zips and tars whereas you can simply press the delete button on installer! I'm still trying to uninstall bits of Who's calling from wherever it resides on disk(s). > >-- >=> Sherwood Botsford sherwood@space.ualberta.ca <= >=> University of Alberta Lab Manager, Space Physics Group <= >=> tel:403 492-3713 fax: 403 492-4256 <= -- --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Ian Jefferson ijeff@ccs.carleton.ca No NeXT mail please! ijeff@computeractive.on.ca NeXT mail please!
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Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.misc Path: arc1-ca.pugleaf.net!sparky!uunet!charon.amdahl.com!pacbell.com!ames!elroy.jpl.nasa.gov!usc!zaphod.mps.ohio-state.edu!wupost!gumby!destroyer!cs.ubc.ca!utcsri!skule.ecf!torn!nott!cunews!ijeff From: ijeff@alfred.carleton.ca (Ian Jefferson) Subject: Re: su File Viewer Message-ID: <ijeff.722044766@cunews> Sender: news@cunews.carleton.ca (News Administrator) Organization: Carleton University References: <BxtDwG.4L7@mentor.cc.purdue.edu> <1992Nov17.194525.29413@kakwa.ucs.ualberta.ca> Date: Tue, 17 Nov 1992 23:59:26 GMT Lines: 31