RPM = rpm -e packagename To find the packagename:
rpm -qa | grep package
To uninstall the above installed program/application:
make uninstall
in the source directory where you typed 'make install'. On the occasion the author has put the target to make uninstall in there, that'll work. However it's not always the case. You could read through the Makefile to see what you need to 'undo' or, in the future use a tool called Checkinstall:
www.freshmeat.net
To do your make install. This will keep track of packages that are installed from source for you. Read the documentation with it to find out how to use it on your system
Or even if you can (which distro?)
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