help with uninstalling dev tools, etc....

[octavius]

I think my Dev tools are messed up so i want to reinstall them.

I think they are messed up for several reasons, one, being that i cant get them to recognize SDL frameworks. anyways.,.. .whats the best way to go about doing this safe so that i dont mess up anything else?

I also have XDarwin and Fink installed.


ps. I'm a newbie so be simplistic with your answers please! thanks a ton!

[mervTormel]

examine "/Developer/Tools/uninstall-devtools.pl"

[octavius]

it is harmless to my system even with fink and xfree86 installed?

i want to reinstall again afterwards though..

btw, how do uninstall Fink? thanks for the speedy help man! -Bryan

[octavius]

[oct-icebook:~] bryan% examine "/Developer/Tools/uninstall-devtools.pl"
examine: Command not found.
[oct-icebook:~] bryan%



what happened? did i do something wrong?

[mervTormel]

LOL! i should have been more explicit.

open and read the file at /Developer/Tools/uninstall-devtools.pl

it's a perl script that cleans up stuff to allow you to reinstall dev tools...

#! /usr/bin/perl

# Remove the receipts of a Developer Tools installation so a subsequent
# installation of an older developer tools release will work correctly.

### This script will remove

# 1. The package receipts for Dec2001DevToolsExtra
# 2. the version.plist files in vmutils.framework and
# AppleScriptKit.framework from Apr2002DevToolsExtra
# And the Apr2002DevToolsExtra package receipts.
# 3. All files and receipts for all other Dev* packages.
# 4. A few odds and ends that aren't explicitly listed in
# the BOMs (post-install symlinks, help index files).

you'll need to be super user to run it, i think...

% sudo /Developer/Tools/uninstall-devtools.pl

to remove fink

% sudo rm -rf /sw

and comment out the call to /sw/bin/init.csh in your .tcshrc file

yes, it's mostly harmless, unless you have dependencies on the stuff

[octavius]

damn. :( ....and i was trying to avoid laughter....

oh.. well....

thanks for the help anyways, though!

[sao]

octavius,

I made the same mistakes before, and still do a lot of different ones while learning. Don't worry about it.

Just don't give up. Slowly but surely we all learn somethings every day.


Cheer up...

[gigityadam31]

To remove the developer tools folder open the "Terminal"
/Applications/Utilities/Terminal.app.

Once that is open copy and paste this in:

sudo /Developer/Tools/uninstall-devtools.pl

Exactly as shown above. It will ask for your admin password type it hit enter, it will do the rest.



little late on a reply