Re: using the panel to uninstall packages.

[Eduardo Silva <jobezone yahoo com>]

GNU/Linux distributions already have the capability to
install and uninstall programs, using rpm, deb, slp,
etc.
No the other unixes, I know...

Eduardo

--- Olaf_Grüttner <o.gruettner@tu-bs.de> wrote:
> > You know it would be an interesting exercise if
> one could uninstall a
> > piece of software by right clicking on a menu item
> and clicking
> > "uninstall.." or something to that effect.  Has
> anybody looked into it?
> 
> Nice idea, but wouldn't this confuse regular users? 
> And second aspect: it would have to be clear, what
> to remove. 
> the button in the menue, or the program itself.
> 
> But for an administrator it would be a cool thing.
> Maybe there could
> be an option in the controlcenter to show the
> "remove program from system"
> button in the foot menue.
> 
> Or this option would only be accessible for root.
> 
> Olaf
> 
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