On Wednesday 14 April 2004 17:23, Marv Boyes wrote: > Philip Cronje wrote: > > On Tue, 13 Apr 2004 00:17:24 -0400, Marv Boyes <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > >>Okay, next question: how do I uninstall software that I've compiled > >> from source? ;) > > > > erk... seems you misunderstood me. when you run rpm --rebuild, it > > should automagically do the "configure-make-makeinstall" bit for > > you. the BUILD directory is where that is done. the *real* product > > of rpm --rebuild lives in the RPMS directory, more specifically, > > the RPMS/i586 directory. That's the point of SRPMS. To build an RPM > > from the sources, all nice and dandy and working, so that you can > > just go rpm -ivh on that RPM file. > > Oops-- I thought all that did was generate the makefiles & such, > tailored to my system and ready for install. > > So could the problem be that I broke what rpm --rebuild did by > manually re-installing over top of its work? And if so, should I make > the effort to track everything down by tracing back though the > makefile (as Stephen suggested), or would another run of rpm > --rebuild be likely to 'just work'? > > I'm going to grok this stuff some day, I promise. ;) > > > Thanks, everyone. > Marv > ---------- > Help in the research to find cures for devastating diseases like > Huntington's, Parkinson's, and Alzheimer's-- donate your computer's > leisure time to [EMAIL PROTECTED] > http://www.stanford.edu/group/pandegroup/folding/ > ---------- > The best way to accelerate a Windows box is at 9.8 meters per second > per second. If you did it right, no changes, then the rpm should be able to uninstall the program so --rebuild showld work as well. <man rpm> -- Regards; Hoyt
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