Thanks Bryan and Peter. Having to go through the make file and write down all of the installation files, then remove them sucks massively. Next time I get an app. that has problems or causes a conflict, I'll give your suggestions a whirl.
On Thursday 16 November 2006 02:00 pm, Peter Vollebregt wrote: > Bryan Phinney schreef: > > On Wednesday 15 November 2006 20:54, J. D. Leach wrote: > >> I have to agree to the "bugs my ass" comment. Whilst casting about the > >> web for a solution, I ran across a blog entry where a fellow was > >> berating the Linux community for poor support when it comes to removal > >> of source packages. I now see his frustration. > > > > Next time, try to do a make clean. In most cases, doing a make clean > > will remove the installed application files from the system. Assuming > > that you still have the original source where you compiled and installed > > from handy. ____________________________________________________ > > Want to buy your Pack or Services from Mandriva? > > Go to http://store.mandriva.com > > Join the Club : http://www.mandrivaclub.com > > ____________________________________________________ > > What you always can do is use checkinstall (just use this command > instead of make install) to make an rpm based on the package. This makes > it easy to renove it via rpm -e <package> > > Peter > ____________________________________________________ > Want to buy your Pack or Services from Mandriva? > Go to http://store.mandriva.com > Join the Club : http://www.mandrivaclub.com > ____________________________________________________ -- J. D. Leach Columbus, Indiana USA Uptime: 14:13:36 up 3 min, 1 user, load average: 2.19, 1.62, 0.68 Linux/Open Source Computer using: Mandriva Linux release 2006.0 (Community) for i586 kernel 2.6.12-12mdk ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ ---Quote of the Day--- Will Rogers never met you. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ ____________________________________________________ Want to buy your Pack or Services from Mandriva? Go to http://store.mandriva.com Join the Club : http://www.mandrivaclub.com ____________________________________________________
