On Mon, 2003-02-24 at 19:14, Michael Torrie wrote: > 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.
I renamed /usr/local/bin/mplayer to /usr/local/bin/mplayer-old just to be sure and installed the rpms from the PLF. Now I can watch quicktime stuff. Wahoo. Thanks for the help! Bryan > > 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 > ____________________ BYU Unix Users Group http://uug.byu.edu/ ___________________________________________________________________ List Info: http://phantom.byu.edu/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/uug-list
