Re: [ubuntu-in] How to completely remove a software installed via ./run or

2015-06-26 Thread Ramnarayan.K
Hi Rahul Hey :-) , thanks i ran the install from a folder within my /home/ram/foo folder so what would i need to do to create a sand box second - even if the software was being installed from a .run should have an uninstall option , naa. I guess its not a ubuntu issue but more the software deve

Re: [ubuntu-in] How to completely remove a software installed via ./run or

2015-06-26 Thread Rahul Ghose
Hey ram, (could not resist that :) One way I find useful sometimes is installing software to an alternate prefix folder other than "/". Sandbox-installation if you will. Then figure out the paths of all the files installed and delete them from the actual folder. Not sure if this can be done with

[ubuntu-in] How to completely remove a software installed via ./run or

2015-06-26 Thread Ramnarayan.K
Hi I installed a version of sofytware (gnukhata) via a .run file there is a newer version available (1.3.3.) at gnukhata.in due to some issues i was advised to install the new version However there was / is not recommended method to uninstall the old version So i used the find command to find