> There are some time not properly made packages in bin and other non- > rpm and non-yum !! > > So.. there must be some mechanism in linux system to manage all this > clutter !!
I'll have to say what Shakthi said before then. If you use non-standard ways of installing stuff, you have manage them yourself. You should understand that a binary file (especially when run as root) might do pretty much anything. To counter this anything-might-happen, if you really are looking for a "linux system" based solution, I'd suggest you find a tool to make a backup image of your entire HDD. BTW, your comparison with easy to use Windows uninstaller is incorrect for binaries. Since you are talking about running binaries, many windows softwares come riddled with DRM related software and you cannot uninstall them from Add/Remove programs. If you know that the binary will only add some files, you can try doing something like getting a list of all files on your HDD before and after the installation and then get the difference. Of course, you are assuming that the binary will not update any existing config files. If you want to try getting more hardcore, try running the program in strace. See what all it is doing (if you can follow all the system calls) :P In the end, may be it's best not to use the binary installer. You should question the reason why the package is available as such and why the vendor is not willing to make the code available. Does it align with your ideology to use the package etc? SB --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ Do you have another question? Click here - http://groups.google.com/group/iitdlug/post l...@iitd community mailing list -- http://groups.google.com/group/iitdlug -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
