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Sameer D. Sahasrabuddhe spewed into the ether:
>>There may be a 'make uninstall'. Or you can look in the Makefile to see
>>where it installed stuff.
>
>Will have to look around. Never seen a ./INSTALL file which
>mentioned such an option.
Some do, most don't. grep through the makefile for uninstall.
If that isn't found, look for the cp lines under install. They specify where your
files get installed.
>>I hope everyone makes as a user and only installs as root if necessary?
>
>Eeeeks!! Elaborate please! I am *very* new at this!
Your makefile is essentially a shell script. Take the same
precautions with this as you would with a normal shell script.
Running an untrusted program as root is dangerous...
If you need root to make, read the makefile(s) very carefully, you
might end up trojaning yourself or something.
I would recommend downloading the program from a trusted site again,
or shifting to an alternative.
Check for this too:
What make should do is only compile and produce the necessary
executables/libs. make install should call the default make target and
then cp the files to the correct locations.
If your Makefile has anything different, check out the differences.
You might find a hole.
Sorry, I don't know about the RPMs
Devdas Bhagat
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