what is the problem with doing a make uninstall it works if he didn't do anything else to the directory
On Thursday 21 March 2002 08:23 pm, civileme wrote: > David wrote: > >I recently installed a program from a tarball, and did not give an > > argument to the ./configure cmd that I needed to. I tried to just re-do > > the install, but the argument didn't take. My question.... How do I > > uninstall an app that was installed from a tarball? > > > >tia > >Dave > > > > > > > >------------------------------------------------------------------------ > > > >Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? > >Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com > > Well, dfor that one, a system reinstall would be required, with > partitions formatted, to assure you rid yourself of it. Alternatively, > you can try to do an install inside a chroot jail and diff outputs of > the directories before and after, then eliminate all files in the > difference. > > Checkinstall is a program that was created to solve that problem, and > you can search google for it. It puts the tarball's binaries into the > rpm database so uninstalling is an > > rpm -e > > Civileme -- Time sharing: The use of many people by the computer.
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