quick question about make install

nomb · 02-17-2006, 01:52 PM

after you run

./configure
make
make install

is there a

make uninstall

or someway to remove the package? thanks for your replies.

nomb

pljvaldez · 02-17-2006, 01:57 PM

Sometimes. Look at the README that came with the source. Usually it tells you how to uninstall. Sometimes make uninstall is the right command. Other times it's something different.

Skazi · 02-17-2006, 04:59 PM

Also, you can look into checkinstall. My understanding is that it monitors what 'make install' does, and creates a package which you can use to uninstall. The package is a Slackware style package, I believe, but you probably can convert it to whatever package management tool you use.

pljvaldez · 02-17-2006, 05:04 PM

That's true. Forgot about checkinstall. It will at least make deb's, rpm's and .tgz's (slackware?)...