I find dereks explanation the easiest to follow, especially for a newbie: http://www.jennings.homelinux.net/modules.php?name=Sections&op=viewarticle&artid=10
Works like a charm.... eric On Fri, 27 Jun 2003 22:40:42 +0100 Derek Jennings <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On Friday 27 Jun 2003 11:05 pm, Tsyko wrote: > > probably a very stupid question but if i donīt ask i wonīt learn > > > > > > If i type īmake installī to install a application is there a way to > > uninstall that program? > > > > thanks > > make uninstall > > Trouble is authors do not always define make uninstall, and even if they do > you have to keep the directory you used to compile the application for when > you might want to uninstall. > > My preferred solution is to use 'checkinstall' to convert the compiled code > into an RPM which can easily be uninstalled at a future date. > Checkinstall is on the CDs (or is it in contrib) > http://asic-linux.com.mx/~izto/checkinstall/ > > derek
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