hi i'm trying to remove a version of kde4 that i had installed after trying to install fink. i did this quite a while back, and had subsequently removed fink and forgot about removing kde. this is all on mac os x 10.6.4

i believe it is/was installed on my /opt folder. here is a list of files that come back from the following query in the /opt folder:

find . -name "kde*"

would be great if someone could point me to an easy way of getting rid of the kde files, or let me know if you think these are actually not kde files but something that comes with os x. thanks!

azzurri-mbp:opt ash$ find . -name "kde*"
./local/bin/kde-cp
./local/bin/kde-mv
./local/bin/kde-open
./local/bin/kde4
./local/bin/kde4-config
./local/bin/kde4-menu
./local/bin/kde_generate_export_header
./local/bin/kded4.app
./local/bin/kded4.app/Contents/MacOS/kded4
./local/bin/kdedoc
./local/bin/kdeinit4.app
./local/bin/kdeinit4.app/Contents/MacOS/kdeinit4
./local/bin/kdeinit4_shutdown
./local/bin/kdeinit4_wrapper
./local/bin/kdekillall
./local/bin/kdelnk2desktop.py
./local/bin/kdemangen.pl
./local/bin/kdesvn-build
./local/etc/xdg/menus/kde-information.menu
./local/include/kde3support_export.h
./local/include/kde_file.h
./local/include/kde_terminal_interface.h
./local/include/kdebug.h
./local/include/kdecore_export.h
./local/include/kdedmodule.h
./local/include/kdefakes.h
./local/include/kdemacros.h
./local/include/kdeprintdialog.h
./local/include/kdesktopfile.h
./local/include/kdesktopfileactions.h
./local/include/kdesu
./local/include/kdesu/kdesu_export.h
./local/include/kdeui_export.h
./local/include/kdeversion.h
./local/include/kdevicelistmodel.h
./local/share/applications/kde4
./local/share/applications/kde4/kdepasswd.desktop
./local/share/apps/cmake/modules/kde4_cmake_uninstall.cmake.in
./local/share/apps/cmake/modules/kde4_exec_via_sh.cmake
./local/share/apps/cmake/modules/kde4automoc.files.in
./local/share/apps/cmake/modules/kde4init_dummy.cpp.in
./local/share/apps/cmake/modules/kde4init_win32lib_dummy.cpp.in
./local/share/apps/cmake/modules/kde4uic.cmake
./local/share/apps/kabc/formats/kdeaccountsplugin.desktop
./local/share/apps/kapptemplate/pics/kderubyapp.png
./local/share/apps/katepart/syntax/kdesvn-buildrc.xml
./local/share/apps/kconf_update/kded.upd
./local/share/apps/kde
./local/share/apps/kde/kde.notifyrc
./local/share/apps/kdeui
./local/share/apps/kdeui/about/kde_infopage.css
./local/share/apps/kdeui/about/kde_infopage_rtl.css
./local/share/apps/kdeui/pics/kdeprint_nup1.png
./local/share/apps/kdeui/pics/kdeprint_nup2.png
./local/share/apps/kdeui/pics/kdeprint_nup4.png
./local/share/apps/kdeui/pics/kdeprint_nupother.png
./local/share/apps/kdevappwizard
./local/share/apps/kdevappwizard/template_descriptions/kderubyapp.kdevtemplate
./local/share/apps/kdevappwizard/templates/kderubyapp.tar.bz2
./local/share/apps/kdewidgets
./local/share/apps/kio_info/kde-info2html
./local/share/apps/kio_info/kde-info2html.conf
./local/share/apps/konqsidebartng/virtual_folders/remote/ftp/kde_ftp.desktop
./local/share/apps/konqsidebartng/virtual_folders/remote/web/kde_web.desktop
./local/share/apps/konqueror/icons/crystalsvg/16x16/actions/kde1.png
./local/share/apps/konqueror/icons/crystalsvg/16x16/actions/kde2.png
./local/share/apps/konqueror/icons/crystalsvg/16x16/actions/kde3.png
./local/share/apps/konqueror/icons/crystalsvg/16x16/actions/kde4.png
./local/share/apps/konqueror/icons/crystalsvg/16x16/actions/kde5.png
./local/share/apps/konqueror/icons/crystalsvg/16x16/actions/kde6.png
./local/share/apps/konqueror/profiles/kde_devel
./local/share/apps/ksgmltools2/customization/dtd/kdex.dtd
./local/share/apps/ksgmltools2/customization/kde-chunk-online.xsl
./local/share/apps/ksgmltools2/customization/kde-chunk.xsl
./local/share/apps/ksgmltools2/customization/kde-man.xsl
./local/share/apps/ksgmltools2/customization/kde-navig-online.xsl
./local/share/apps/ksgmltools2/customization/kde-navig.xsl
./local/share/apps/ksgmltools2/customization/kde-nochunk.xsl
./local/share/apps/ksgmltools2/customization/kde-style.xsl
./local/share/apps/ksgmltools2/customization/kde-ttlpg-online.xsl
./local/share/apps/ksgmltools2/customization/kde-ttlpg.xsl
./local/share/apps/ksgmltools2/customization/kde-web-navig.xsl
./local/share/apps/ksgmltools2/customization/kde-web.xsl
./local/share/apps/ksgmltools2/customization/obsolete/kdex-412-10.dtd
./local/share/apps/ksgmltools2/customization/obsolete/kdex.dtd
./local/share/config/kdebug.areas
./local/share/config/kdebugrc
./local/share/desktop-directories/kde-development-translation.directory
./local/share/desktop-directories/kde-development-webdevelopment.directory
./local/share/desktop-directories/kde-development.directory
./local/share/desktop-directories/kde-editors.directory
./local/share/desktop-directories/kde-edu-languages.directory
./local/share/desktop-directories/kde-edu-mathematics.directory
./local/share/desktop-directories/kde-edu-miscellaneous.directory
./local/share/desktop-directories/kde-edu-science.directory
./local/share/desktop-directories/kde-edu-tools.directory
./local/share/desktop-directories/kde-education.directory
./local/share/desktop-directories/kde-games-arcade.directory
./local/share/desktop-directories/kde-games-board.directory
./local/share/desktop-directories/kde-games-card.directory
./local/share/desktop-directories/kde-games-kids.directory
./local/share/desktop-directories/kde-games-roguelikes.directory
./local/share/desktop-directories/kde-games-strategy.directory
./local/share/desktop-directories/kde-games.directory
./local/share/desktop-directories/kde-graphics.directory
./local/share/desktop-directories/kde-information.directory
./local/share/desktop-directories/kde-internet-terminal.directory
./local/share/desktop-directories/kde-internet.directory
./local/share/desktop-directories/kde-main.directory
./local/share/desktop-directories/kde-more.directory
./local/share/desktop-directories/kde-multimedia.directory
./local/share/desktop-directories/kde-office.directory
./local/share/desktop-directories/kde-science.directory
./local/share/desktop-directories/kde-settingsmenu.directory
./local/share/desktop-directories/kde-system-terminal.directory
./local/share/desktop-directories/kde-system.directory
./local/share/desktop-directories/kde-toys.directory
./local/share/desktop-directories/kde-unknown.directory
./local/share/desktop-directories/kde-utilities-accessibility.directory
./local/share/desktop-directories/kde-utilities-desktop.directory
./local/share/desktop-directories/kde-utilities-file.directory
./local/share/desktop-directories/kde-utilities-peripherals.directory
./local/share/desktop-directories/kde-utilities-pim.directory
./local/share/desktop-directories/kde-utilities-xutils.directory
./local/share/desktop-directories/kde-utilities.directory
./local/share/doc/HTML/en/common/kde-default.css
./local/share/doc/HTML/en/common/kde_logo_bg.png
./local/share/doc/HTML/en/kapptemplate/kderubyapp.png
./local/share/doc/HTML/en/kdebugdialog
./local/share/doc/HTML/en/kdepasswd
./local/share/doc/HTML/en/kdesu
./local/share/doc/HTML/en/kdesvn-build
./local/share/doc/HTML/en/khelpcenter/faq/kdeapps.docbook
./local/share/doc/HTML/en/khelpcenter/glossary/kdeprintingglossary.docbook
./local/share/doc/HTML/en/khelpcenter/kdelogo2.png
./local/share/doc/HTML/en/khelpcenter/userguide/kde-as-root.docbook
./local/share/doc/HTML/en/khelpcenter/userguide/kde-edutainment.docbook
./local/share/doc/HTML/en/khelpcenter/userguide/kde-for-admins.docbook
./local/share/doc/HTML/en/khelpcenter/userguide/kde-office.docbook
./local/share/emoticons/kde4
./local/share/icons/oxygen/128x128/apps/kde.png
./local/share/icons/oxygen/16x16/apps/kde.png
./local/share/icons/oxygen/22x22/apps/kde.png
./local/share/icons/oxygen/32x32/apps/kde.png
./local/share/icons/oxygen/48x48/apps/kde.png
./local/share/icons/oxygen/64x64/apps/kde.png
./local/share/icons/oxygen/scalable/apps/kde.svgz
./local/share/icons/oxygen/scalable/apps/small/16x16/kde.svgz
./local/share/icons/oxygen/scalable/apps/small/22x22/kde.svgz
./local/share/kde4
./local/share/kde4/services/kded
./local/share/kde4/services/kded/kdedglobalaccel.desktop
./local/share/kde4/services/searchproviders/kde.desktop
./local/share/kde4/services/searchproviders/kde_websvn.desktop
./local/share/kde4/servicetypes/kdedmodule.desktop
./local/share/man/man1/kde4-config.1.gz
./local/share/man/man1/kdecmake.1.gz
./local/share/man/man1/kdesu.1.gz
./local/share/man/man7/kdeoptions.7.gz
./local/share/mime/packages/kde.xml

If you get no response here, I would suggest asking the KDE Mac developers on kde-mac@kde.org or contacting the Fink developers.

How did you remove fink?

Also, fink usually stores its files in /sw, unless you changed that yourself.

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The safe option
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I would say that the best way to safely remove the files would be to use fink itself. Reinstall it, and then run

fink remove kdebase4-mac
fink purge kdebase4-mac

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The gung-ho option
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A more drastic option would be to remove the /sw folder itself, but this would get rid of everything that you had installed via Fink. It would also potentially get rid of other important files that you had put in /sw. Don't do it unless you feel reasonably confident about what is in the /sw folder. Alternatively, use TimeMachine to make a backup, ensuring that it has included /sw, before you delete it. That way, you can put it back if it all goes wrong.

Hope that helps,

Edmund