newbie questions

norbs · 07-27-2002, 12:10 AM

easy questions from a newbie

when finished an installation from a source, can I delete the directory i've untar ?
for exemple, i'v got smtg.tar.gz, i untar the file to /tmp/smtg the do a ./configure, make and make install can i when finished delete /tmp/smtg?

How can i unistall it?

I've got 2 hardrive, on is Win the other Linux, how do i configure to choose from witch hard drive to boot?

thanks

neo77777 · 07-27-2002, 12:59 AM

If you've completed install with make install for instance you can get rid of source tree, no problems with this one. The only problem I had was with mozilla when I tried to install it from source and I deleted source tree afterwards - mozilla wouldn't load.

MasterC · 07-27-2002, 01:27 AM

Part 2
Q: "How do I configure which hard drive to boot?"

A:

If you didn't install anything to the MBR when you installed your distro, and now you boot from a FLOPPY using lilo as your boot loader then...

Boot up into linux with your floppy. Run /sbin/lilo from a term. Now open up /etc/lilo.conf in your favorite text editor...

Add this to the bottom of the file:

other = /dev/hda1
table = /dev/hda
label = Winbloze

Now save the file and rerun /sbin/lilo

This assumes Winbloze is on /dev/hda; if it's not replace /dev/hda with whatever drive winbloze is on.

demarque · 07-27-2002, 05:54 AM

Hi,

about uninstall ...

try checkinstall---> http://proyectos.glo.org.mx/checkinstall/