Re: Complete uninstall of Mathematica 6/7/8 on a Mac
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- Subject: [mg114916] Re: Complete uninstall of Mathematica 6/7/8 on a Mac
- From: Murray Eisenberg <murray at math.umass.edu>
- Date: Thu, 23 Dec 2010 03:50:49 -0500 (EST)
- References: <2010122212817.670477@jfultz3winlap>
- Reply-to: murray at math.umass.edu
In my setup, $UserBaseDirectory and $BaseDirectory are the same -- and NOT a subdirectory of $InstallationDirectory. The only totally satisfactory way I could resolve the mathpass file issue when having several versions installed was to move the mathpass for a version into the $InstallationDirectory's Configuration/Licensing subdirectory. On 12/22/2010 1:08 PM, John Fultz wrote: > That's also in $UserBaseDirectory or $BaseDirectory (in the Licensing > subdirectory). > > Sincerely, > > John Fultz > jfultz at wolfram.com > User Interface Group > Wolfram Research, Inc. > > On Wed, 22 Dec 2010 02:35:08 -0500 (EST), Murray Eisenberg wrote: >> What about the passfile from different versions on Mac -- how is that >> handled? I've had to wrestle with that on Windows/PC. >> >> On 12/21/2010 12:19 AM, Vivek J. Joshi wrote: >>> On Dec 19, 2010, at 11:38 PM, Loisn wrote: >>> >>>> Hello everyone! >>>> >>>> I promise you, I really did lots of google research before. >>>> However I can't find any instructions as how to completely uninstall >>>> Mathematica 6/7/8 on a mac. >>>> >>>> Is it just deleting the app, then ~/Library/Mathematica/ and /Library/ >>>> Mathematica/ >>>> or are there other files hidden in the system. >>>> >>> >>> Yes, this should completely uninstall Mathematica. There are no other >>> hidden files. >>> >>>> The reason, I'm trying to reinstall Mathematica 8 is because i'm >>>> trying to ged rid of a bug, I couldn't find anything about either. >>>> I can't open the "System Information" Panel from Mathematica, neither >>>> from the menu, nor from the corresponding mathematica command. >>>> >>> >>> You could always keep multiple versions of Mathematica by renaming >>> Mathematica.app file to version specific naming scheme (e.g. >>> Mathematica6.app, Mathematica7.app, Mathematica8.app). Also I would >>> suggest to use version specific FE preference turned on. This way no >>> Mathematica installs will interfere with each other. >>> >>> Vivek J. Joshi >>> >>> >>>> Help would be greatly appreciated. >>>> >>>> Thanks in advance >>>> >>>> L. > > -- Murray Eisenberg murray at math.umass.edu Mathematics & Statistics Dept. Lederle Graduate Research Tower phone 413 549-1020 (H) University of Massachusetts 413 545-2859 (W) 710 North Pleasant Street fax 413 545-1801 Amherst, MA 01003-9305