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uninstalling perl 5.8 1

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JOBARAM

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May 25, 2002
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Hi,
I am building an installer that installs perl 5.8.2 and I really would like to know how to silent uninstall it.
I would like to use a batch file for that.
Please advise.
Thanks
Jo
 
Jo,

assuming *doze, before you install Perl, backup your registry, install perl, and backup your registry again (to a diffrerent file) to see what modifications it has made, then you should be able to delete these keys, and executables that remain will be overwritten with new ones when the new install starts, or you could build a standard unpack list

HTH, or at least gives you a start
--Paul

It's important in life to always strike a happy medium, so if you see someone with a crystal ball, and a smile on their face ... smack the fecker
 
Hi Paul,
Thanks for your reply.
Is there any tool or command that can do the uninstallation for me?
I am trying to avoid direct access to the registry.
I have come across a few solution that doesn't work for me:
% sudo port -v -d uninstall perl5.8
or
% vrmperl
Do you have any sugestions?
Thanks
Jo
 
Jo,

are you on unix/linux?

--Paul

It's important in life to always strike a happy medium, so if you see someone with a crystal ball, and a smile on their face ... smack the fecker
 
Jo,

the commands you shared seem to be *nix variants.

Ask this question in the OS areas for your particlaur flavour of windows. If memory serves, the uninstall should only look to a few entries in the reg, as most of the install is files with relative paths, and building the @INC array.

Otherwise, a question to Activestate themselves might be in order

HTH
--Paul

It's important in life to always strike a happy medium, so if you see someone with a crystal ball, and a smile on their face ... smack the fecker
 
Thanks Paul for the help.
I will do as you advised.
Would you have any idea how to access registry keys from a a dos script?
Thanks again
Jo
 
Yes,

Let me know how you get on


--Paul



It's important in life to always strike a happy medium, so if you see someone with a crystal ball, and a smile on their face ... smack the fecker
 
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