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I installed Apache server as per a co-worker just to see how the program was compared to what he was using to host our web page. He has tested and played and now I want to remove it. I don't know if I can just go around deleting all of the directory's that I think it used or what. That's what I'm asking how do I get rid of this program short of doing a wipe of the hard drive and reinstalling the OS.
I installed it as per the directions, Basiclly I just ran configure ; make ; make install ; Like you do with most programs that I've tried to install. I've just never tried to uninstall anything.
Originally posted by wass29 I installed Apache server as per a co-worker just to see how the program was compared to what he was using to host our web page. He has tested and played and now I want to remove it. I don't know if I can just go around deleting all of the directory's that I think it used or what. That's what I'm asking how do I get rid of this program short of doing a wipe of the hard drive and reinstalling the OS.
Use checkinstall and never have to worry about this again...see my sig.
is the source directory the one where I installed the software from? or is it the directory created by the make install command? Also to conserve space after I get it uninstalled do I have to go back and delete alot of folders files etc........
Originally posted by wass29 is the source directory the one where I installed the software from?
Yep ... I haven't installed apache from source yet, though.
If the "make uninstall" didn't work you're probably out of luck.
If you, however, (being a slackware user and all :}) installed
it from a Slackware tarball everything should be just dandy,
just go to /var/log/packages and do your
removepkg apa<TAB><ENTER>
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