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Old 03-07-2003, 11:17 PM   #1
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Question Mplayer question


I recently installed 'MPlayer v0.90rc4 source' . It works fine but i am wondering how would i uninstall it, if I wanted to?

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Greg
 
Old 03-08-2003, 12:55 AM   #2
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Usually most source tarballs if you still have the directory you compiled from, you can issue ./configure --uninstall
 
Old 03-08-2003, 09:44 AM   #3
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What if you deleted the directory you compiled it from?

Greg.
 
Old 03-08-2003, 09:47 AM   #4
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Then you have to go back and delete everything manually. I usually issue a locate command to see where everything is installed and then go in delete everything.
 
Old 03-08-2003, 09:58 AM   #5
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Or you get the tarball, run ./configure as you did before then do a make uninstall.
 
Old 03-08-2003, 06:31 PM   #6
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Talking

Thanks, guys. I appreciate it.

Greg
 
  


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