Get rid of XDarwin !!! But how ?

[toast]

I've installed XDarwin + OrobOSX — if I just want to get them off the disk, how should I do ? There's no uninstaller ! Maybe someone will know here — thanx in advance.

[dricci]

can't you just trash the apps?

[Valrus]

Depends on how you installed them. If you just want to get rid of OroborOSX and XDarwin, just trash them. There's no uninstallers on a Mac!

If, however, you want to get rid of your entire X Window System installation, that's more complicated, and I'm pretty sure the process for doing so depends on how you installed it in the first place.

-the valrus

[toast]

I installed using the… installers . The problem is: there's no uninstaller anywhere. That's one of the two things I prefer in Windows®: the uninstall programs to get clean-rid off your software when not needed.
The uninstallers were useless, in my opinion, in OS9: afeter a few clicks in the Extensions/Preferences/Control Panels/Application Support/and assimilated folders, you could get rid of anything. Now that OSX has a really more complicated structure, it would be good to find an uninstall function somewhere.

An idea would be this: a program which you run just before you run the installer — the program watches your disk, and keeps record of all the files created. Then store it somewhere, and if needed, can just erase the files for you. Fine, hm? Idea of mine, someone more competent must had have it years ago .

[fbp_]

there is a unix app available at apple.com that removes packages

[Valrus]

Good call, fbp-man. I think there's a Cocoa one as well. Either should be easily locatable with some intelligent searching.

-the valrus

[vertigo]

the X windows system usually resides almost completely in /usr/X11R6, so doing a 'sudo rm -Rf /usr/X11R6' should kill most of it. there's probably also stuff in /etc/X11, so also do a 'sudo rm -Rf /etc/X11'

if you used fink, i think the same procedure applies for the most part, except fink prefixes everything with /sw. i'm not sure if this is still the case, as i haven't used fink in a loooong time.