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MarioE · 07-21-2009, 10:22 AM

Is this still the case? I installed using the binary install method.

This is a great program, but this approach is somewhat obnoxious to Linux users. Just leaving files on the system is a bit rich if you ask me. It may be only a few megabytes, but users should be able to completely uninstall programs if they want to, and you should try to facilitate that. We constantly lambaste proprietary applications for leaving all sorts of crud everywhere.

At the very least can you list the location of the various installed files (more than just the /opt dir, but the specific man pages etc.)

07-21-2009, 10:22 AM	#9
MarioE Junior Member Posts: 2 Karma: 10 Join Date: Jul 2009 Device: None	Is this still the case? I installed using the binary install method. This is a great program, but this approach is somewhat obnoxious to Linux users. Just leaving files on the system is a bit rich if you ask me. It may be only a few megabytes, but users should be able to completely uninstall programs if they want to, and you should try to facilitate that. We constantly lambaste proprietary applications for leaving all sorts of crud everywhere. At the very least can you list the location of the various installed files (more than just the /opt dir, but the specific man pages etc.)