On Mon, 2003-02-24 at 17:27, Bryan Murdock wrote: > So if I delete all these will I be sure to not have any conflicts with > an rpm? Come to think of it, with the new lsb, rpms don't install stuff > in /usr/local at all, so maybe I don't need to worry about this at all? >
The only thing you'd have to worry about is making sure a binary in /usr/local/bin doesn't end up being run when you really want /usr/bin to be used. Same for libs (probably more critical). I think by default though, the path should favor /usr for both bins and libs. Yes you'd be okay. > Bryan > > > > > > > On Mon, 2003-02-24 at 14:53, Bryan Murdock wrote: > > > So let's say I knew someone who compiled mplayer from source and > > > installed it (make install), and let's say this person now wished to > > > uninstall mplayer in favor of installing an rpm instead. If this person > > > still had the source laying around (this person was short on disk space > > > and therefore wiped out the whole source tree) he or she could easily go > > > to the source directory and type make uninstall, correct? What does one > > > do when the source is no longer located on the hard drive? Download the > > > source again and type make uninstall? Seems a little silly, but I, I > > > mean uh, this person could do it if that's the only good way. > > > > > > Thanks, > > > > > > Bryan > > > > > > ____________________ > > > BYU Unix Users Group > > > http://uug.byu.edu/ > > > ___________________________________________________________________ > > > List Info: http://phantom.byu.edu/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/uug-list > > -- > > Michael L Torrie <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > > > ____________________ > > BYU Unix Users Group > > http://uug.byu.edu/ > > ___________________________________________________________________ > > List Info: http://phantom.byu.edu/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/uug-list > > > > > > ____________________ > BYU Unix Users Group > http://uug.byu.edu/ > ___________________________________________________________________ > List Info: http://phantom.byu.edu/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/uug-list -- Michael Torrie <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> ____________________ BYU Unix Users Group http://uug.byu.edu/ ___________________________________________________________________ List Info: http://phantom.byu.edu/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/uug-list
