> -----Original Message----- > From: fedora-list-admin@xxxxxxxxxx > [mailto:fedora-list-admin@xxxxxxxxxx]On Behalf Of David Eduardo Gómez > Noguera > Sent: Lunes, 26 de Enero de 2004 07:21 p.m. > To: fedora-list@xxxxxxxxxx > Subject: Re: uninstall > > > On Mon, 2004-01-26 at 18:13, Austin Isler wrote: > > If I installed something from source, how can I go about > uninstalling it > > and all the items that came with. > > > > thats why people came up with package managers. > So in short, it depends on how you installed it and if it has some way > to easily uninstall it > > it is likely that if you did an installation with "make install", you > can uninstall it with "make uninstall", but it is not 100% sure that > this process will not delete something that you wouldnt want deleted > (though it is not very likely). > > The other way is to manually delete each installed file, but you should > have had track of the files that it installed. So thats why installing > from source is not generally recomended. > > If i wasnt sure i would get into trouble from running "make uninstall", > and i didnt need the space, I would leave it be. > You can always use the program Checkinstall. It replaces the Install step by creating a RPM and then installing from the RPM file.
