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hybrid

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Registered: 2007-02-05

Posts: 262

Uninstalling ndiswrapper

Hi, the thing is, I need a WLAN-stick only for about 3 weeks. A friend of mine would lend me his "Fritz WLAN USB2.0" usb-stick. The proprietary linux drivers that the manufacturer (AVM) provides seem to be a bit buggy so I would probably want to use ndiswrapper (which is reported to support that stick well). But I want to be able to remove all that junk later completely.
So the ndiswrapper-wiki:uninstalling suggests two ways (issueing make uninstall in ndiswrapper directory (whichever one that might be) and removing it manually). I guess my question is: Anyone ever done that, is it gone completely then? Or should I rather buy a cheap wlan-stick that's supported directly by the kernel instead (since that would not require any cleaning afterwards, but kind of ridiculous because I actually only need wlan for a couple weeks and after that probably never again.)

I know this whole thread is kinda fucked up, I just wan't to figure out what would be the best temporary solution for me since I don't want parts of shitty 3rd party drivers I'll never use again floating around on my harddisk.

stonecrest

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From: Boulder

Registered: 2005-01-22

Posts: 1,190

Re: Uninstalling ndiswrapper

pacman -S ndiswrapper to install, pacman -Rs ndiswrapper to uninstall

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hybrid

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Registered: 2007-02-05

Posts: 262

Re: Uninstalling ndiswrapper

Very true, but what about ndiswrapper -i, or -m. Where do they do what exactly (that is not gonna be removed by pacman, or is it)?
(plus I would add --cascade when uninstalling software (thinking of ndiswrapper_tools). )

stonecrest

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From: Boulder

Registered: 2005-01-22

Posts: 1,190

Re: Uninstalling ndiswrapper

Yes, you'll have to manually delete any files created by ndiswrapper. They should all be in /etc/ndiswrapper/.

And you want --recursive, not --cascade, which is why I put pacman -Rs You would want cascade if you were doing pacman -Rc ndiswrapper-utils. (I almost exclusively do pacman -Rsc myself, though.)

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hybrid

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Registered: 2007-02-05

Posts: 262

Re: Uninstalling ndiswrapper

lol, you're right. Got a little confused because I usually use -Rcs.
Anyhow, if ndiswrapper just adds itself to /etc/modprobe.conf and stores the firmware under /etc/ndiswrapper, that's not much to clean up at all.
thx :>