Hi Rahul Hey :-) , thanks
i ran the install from a folder within my /home/ram/foo folder so what would i need to do to create a sand box second - even if the software was being installed from a .run should have an uninstall option , naa. I guess its not a ubuntu issue but more the software developer issue. regards ram On 26 June 2015 at 16:01, Rahul Ghose <hansum.ra...@gmail.com> wrote: > Hey ram, > > (could not resist that :) > > One way I find useful sometimes is installing software to an alternate > prefix folder other than "/". Sandbox-installation if you will. Then > figure out the paths of all the files installed and delete them from > the actual folder. > > Not sure if this can be done with your ".run" file though. It's not a > real installation standard. > > - > Regards, > Rahul Ghose > Flywheel > http://www.rahul-ghose.in > > > On 26 June 2015 at 15:33, Ramnarayan.K <ramnaraya...@gmail.com> wrote: > > Hi > > > > I installed a version of sofytware (gnukhata) via a .run file > > > > there is a newer version available (1.3.3.) at gnukhata.in > > > > due to some issues i was advised to install the new version > > > > However there was / is not recommended method to uninstall the old > version > > > > So i used the find command to find any references to gnukhata (in / > /usr/bin > > /run / etc and so on) these i manually removed and then installed the new > > version 1.3.3 however post install i continue to get the old version in > the > > about section. > > > > Now am unsure if the old version is still hanging around some where or > the > > new version just has not updated the version number. > > > > But the above is by way of explanantion - my main question is if there > is a > > software that is installed via ./run is there an easy way to uninstall > it. > > > > thanks > > ram > > > > -- > > ubuntu-in mailing list > > ubuntu-in@lists.ubuntu.com > > https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-in > > > > -- > ubuntu-in mailing list > ubuntu-in@lists.ubuntu.com > https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-in >
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