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Re: su File Viewer

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From: Ian Jefferson
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 <=         
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