On Sun, Oct 28, 2001 at 01:19:48PM +0530, N S Srikanth wrote: > Hi, > When we install programs from RPM's , after some time > if we want to uninstall them, one logs in as root and use > "gnorpm", and select the particular program and uninstall > it from the menu command. >
The program which manages packages on RH and allied distros is rpm itself. Gnorpm is only a frontend ... Getting used to the rpm syntax would help on the long run. > How to uninstall a program which was extracted from a tar- > ball and installed (./configure,make, make install)? > What you are talking about is a self-compiled package from source ... on a rpm based system, the package database is not updated with a make install, unless special tools like "checkinstall" have been used for installing. You need to remove each file installed manually. In every Makefile, there is normally a section "install". That gives the clue about what is going where, but then, you need some experience before you can interpret a Makefile correctly. Bish. -- : ####[ Linux One Stanza Tip (LOST) ]########################### Sub : syslog output on console LOST #131 syslog entries are output to file as per the configuration in /etc/syslog.conf .. To have the same thing also shown on a tty not in use, add the following to /etc/syslog.conf: # Output to tty9 as well, and Alt-F9 to view *.* /dev/tty9 ####<[EMAIL PROTECTED]>#################################### : _______________________________________________ linux-india-help mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/linux-india-help
