[Techtalk] Uninstalling programs in Linux

[Mary]

On Tue, Apr 30, 2002 at 10:04:44PM -0500, David Merrill wrote:
> Wait a sec. What do you mean it's lying there in your home directory?
> How did you install it into your home directory? Is that how it's
> designed to work?

If it's StarOffice, StarOffice likes to install a copy of itself in your
home directory. If more than one user wants to use it, then you are
meant to install a copy each (I think this might arise from it being
used on desktop systems on which there is often only one user account>)

-Mary.