> On Mon, 26 Jan 2004 16:13:43 -0800 > Austin Isler <a_c_isler@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > > > If I installed something from source, how can I go about uninstalling > > it and all the items that came with. > > Hello, Austin :) > If you still have the directory lying around that you ran "make install" > from, just "cd" into that directory (as root) and run "make uninstall" > If you do not have the above mentioned directory anymore, untar the > source code (just like you did to install it in the first place), "cd" > into the directory that is created by untarring the source code, and, do > the following: > 1. Run "./configure" - make sure that you use the same path that you > used when you originally installed the program. > 2. Run "make" > 3. "su" into root, and run "make uninstall" > > Unless I am mistaken, if you don't even have the original source code > lying around, you will need to get a hold of another copy of the exact > version that you installed, and run the following steps. > > This Might leave a few directories behind, but if I'm not mistaken, > every time that I've looked into any directories that remain after > running "make uninstall", they are always empty. > To summarize, just follow the same steps that you followed to install > from the source code to begin with, but run "make uninstall" instead of > "make install" > I need to move on now to get ready for work, but I'll follow up with you > no later than Wednesday with how you can find any empty directories that > are left behind after following the steps that I described above. > > Worst case scenario, if there is a better way to do what I described > above, I'm sure that someone on this list will let us know :) > > I hope this helps :) > Steven P. Ulrick > You might want to look at a program called CheckInstall. It basically creates an RPM during the install process and stores it in the RPM database. You can easily uninstall the package any time later with a rpm -e. Another advantage is that you can always reinstall the application with the created RPM rather than recompiling the source. You can download it from http://asic-linux.com.mx/~izto/checkinstall/ or apt-get the prebuilt RPM from DAG repository. HTH, Prakash
