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   From: nuh-uh@nope.com   
      
   On 2026-01-20 12:14, vallor wrote:   
   > At Tue, 20 Jan 2026 10:23:37 -0800, Alan  wrote:   
   >   
   >> On 2026-01-20 09:47, CrudeSausage wrote:   
   >>> On Tue, 20 Jan 2026 16:39:27 +0000, vallor wrote:   
   >>>   
   >>>> So say you side-load a Mac app.  You usually get a .dmg which you mount,   
   >>>> then drag the app folder on top of the handy alias for the system app   
   >>>> folders.   
   >>>>   
   >>>> That's fine, but what if you want to uninstall?  There doesn't seem to   
   >>>> be much of a package manager involved.   
   >>>>   
   >>>> But on Linux, apps are in packages that are tracked by the system.  When   
   >>>> you uninstall an app on Linux, the default is to take away the app   
   >>>> without touching config files -- but with the apt/dpkg "purge" option,   
   >>>> the package system will clean out the config files, too.   
   >>>>   
   >>>> (Not user dot-files though, those are yours to keep.)   
   >>>   
   >>> Generally, even after I purge an application in Linux, its settings   
   >>> remain. You have to manually delete the folder in .config the same way you   
   >>> would in any other operating system. Of course, it's a lot easier to do on   
   >>> Linux since those folders are exactly where you would expect them to be,   
   >>> not lost in the registry or some obscure folder.   
   >>   
   >> LOL!   
   >>   
   >> Riiiiiiiight.   
   >>   
   >> What is "obscure" about the folders used in macOS?   
   >>   
   >> Like so many do, you confuse what you are not USED TO with something   
   >> being wrong.   
   >   
   > You forget that I have a Mac Studio, and it is running Tahoe.   
   > BTW, the 64GB and Apple M2 Ultra processor, coupled with the extra   
   > storage, as well as the Studio monitor, ended up north of $7K to   
   > purchase in the Apple store.  (I justified the expense by thinking   
   > of it as a Unix workstation -- which it ultimately is.)   
   >   
   > Anyhow:  On Linux, apt/dpkg (and dnf/rpm) keep track of what has   
   > been installed -- each and every file.   
      
   And apps on the Mac keep all of their functional parts within the app   
   package.   
      
   >   
   > In the case of apt/dpkg, you can "purge" the system config files   
   > with the software.  I'm not sure if that's available with dnf/rpm.   
   >   
   > Ever deal with kext's?  I did a few Macs back, to get the DAW   
   > to talk to a Motif ES 8.   
   Sure. I've dealt with plenty of kexts (an apostrophe is not necessary to   
   make "kext" plural").   
      
   What was the kext and how was it installed?   
      
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