[gentoo-user] Re: {OT} make uninstall with no rule

[Harry Putnam]

Grant emailgr...@gmail.com writes:

 I'm just now learning how to compile and install manually.  I
 installed makemkv-1.4.1 manually and now I found an ebuild so I'd like
 to install the latest version via the ebuild, but I get:

 # make uninstall
 make: *** No rule to make target `uninstall'.  Stop.

 The makefile doesn't mention uninstall.  Should I just install over
 the current installation via the ebuild?  Is there any way to do this
 cleanly?

When I've wanted to remove manually built packages... I've rerun
make install like this:

 make install ../package_install.log 21

Then from the install log you can see what has been installed and
remove it by hand.

Re: [gentoo-user] Re: {OT} make uninstall with no rule

[Grant]

 I'm just now learning how to compile and install manually.  I
 installed makemkv-1.4.1 manually and now I found an ebuild so I'd like
 to install the latest version via the ebuild, but I get:

 # make uninstall
 make: *** No rule to make target `uninstall'.  Stop.

 The makefile doesn't mention uninstall.  Should I just install over
 the current installation via the ebuild?  Is there any way to do this
 cleanly?

 When I've wanted to remove manually built packages... I've rerun
 make install like this:

  make install ../package_install.log 21

 Then from the install log you can see what has been installed and
 remove it by hand.

That worked brilliantly, thanks a lot.

- Grant