Re: [newbie] Uninstalling - What are the general rules for uninstalling? (NON-RPM)

1999-12-01 Thread Peter Heckert
Hi Sevatio, Sevatio Octavio wrote: When you install software from source code, what is the general rule for uninstalling it? (non-RPM) Seve I got the tip: reinstall the program again. Sounds silly.. :-). Then use "find" to locate all files with the reinstall-date+time. Check wether they

[newbie] Uninstalling - What are the general rules for uninstalling? (NON-RPM)

1999-11-30 Thread Sevatio Octavio
When you install software from source code, what is the general rule for uninstalling it? (non-RPM) Seve

Re: [newbie] Uninstalling - What are the general rules for uninstalling? (NON-RPM)

1999-11-30 Thread danb35
When you install software from source code, what is the general rule for uninstalling it? (non-RPM) There really isn't a general rule that I'm aware of. If you kept the source directory, some packages will let you make uninstall. Otherwise, you're pretty much on your own. You can use

Re: [newbie] Uninstalling - What are the general rules for uninstalling? (NON-RPM)

1999-11-30 Thread John Aldrich
On Tue, 30 Nov 1999, you wrote: When you install software from source code, what is the general rule for uninstalling it? (non-RPM) Try using "make uninstall" from the command line where you ran the "make" and "make install." John