[X4U] removing software from OS X

Ean Kingston ean at hedron.org
Fri Mar 4 15:35:29 PST 2005


On Friday, March 4, 2005, at 06:06  PM, Joe Block wrote:

>
> On Mar 4, 2005, at 5:49 PM, Ean Kingston wrote:
>
>> Greetings,
>>
>> I've been trying to find out how to properly remove software from OS 
>> X. I'm running 10.2.8 on an iMac G4. I recently installed Firefox and 
>> would like to remove the old Mozilla I was using previously.
>>
>> I can't find any information on how to access any sort of package 
>> management system in OS X to remove it cleanly.
>>
>> I come from a UNIX (and FreeBSD) background if that matters.
>
> Just delete the application. On OSX, anything you don't need an 
> installer to install, you can just drag to the trash and be done.

I guess that leads to my next silly question. Where did Mozilla get 
installed to and how do I know I removed all it's files? I know about 
the /home/me/library/mozilla directory. Where should be binaries and 
such have gone?



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