Steven Woody wrote: > so, to uninstall 1 package, what you did is actually download the > other 99 packages? No, I have a local download directory that I keep current. To be precise, I installed the other packages from my local download directory. No additional internet bandwidth was harmed during the procedure. Like I said, I don't often uninstall packages.... Ralph -- Problem reports: http://cygwin.com/problems.html FAQ: http://cygwin.com/faq/ Documentation: http://cygwin.com/docs.html Unsubscribe info: http://cygwin.com/ml/#unsubscribe-simple