If you open a terminal window on a Mac, you can use those commands to delete files. You can also type "man rm" (without the quotes) in a terminal window for more details on the 'rm' command
In the interest of preventing someone a big heartache I feel like i should chime in here and let it be known that it would be a really, really bad idea run the "rm -rf" command with the root of the file system "/" as an argument: that would unlink your entire
filesystem. In other words erase all your files on your mac. Don't do it. :)
lyla
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uninstall silverlight on mac os x
Aug 23, 2007 02:17 PM | LINK
blanders
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Microsoft
Re: uninstall silverlight on mac os x
Aug 24, 2007 03:16 AM | LINK
rm -rf /Library/Internet\ Plug-Ins/Silverlight.plugin
rm -rf /Library/Receipts/Silverlight*.pkg
rm -rf ~/Library/Application\ Support/Microsoft/Silverlight
romeo_osma
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Re: uninstall silverlight on mac os x
Feb 26, 2008 03:10 AM | LINK
what's rm -rf / stands for?[:)]
blanders
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Microsoft
Re: uninstall silverlight on mac os x
Feb 28, 2008 07:17 PM | LINK
rm = remove
-r = recursively
-f = force
If you open a terminal window on a Mac, you can use those commands to delete files. You can also type "man rm" (without the quotes) in a terminal window for more details on the 'rm' command
scottlepich
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Re: Re: uninstall silverlight on mac os x
Sep 30, 2008 01:25 AM | LINK
In the interest of preventing someone a big heartache I feel like i should chime in here and let it be known that it would be a really, really bad idea run the "rm -rf" command with the root of the file system "/" as an argument: that would unlink your entire filesystem. In other words erase all your files on your mac. Don't do it. :)
CrazyCatLady
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Re: uninstall silverlight on mac os x
Mar 02, 2010 05:32 PM | LINK
pb_zeppelin
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Re: Re: uninstall silverlight on mac os x
May 29, 2010 09:21 PM | LINK
Thanks! This helped -- the extra receipt files to remove, in addition the ones above, were listed in
/var/db/receipts
com.microsoft.installSilverlightPlugin.bom
com.microsoft.installSilverlightPlugin.plist
I searched for "uninstall silverlight for osx" to reach this page -- hope it helps someone.
Srinivas.R
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Re: uninstall silverlight on mac os x
Jun 02, 2010 01:05 PM | LINK
Try This:
http://forums.macrumors.com/showthread.php?t=474827
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/970064
Mark as a Answer if it helps
R.Srinivas