Removing Installed Software
 

Okay, i installed some software. Pretty much Xmule and wxWindows. Now i can't find them anywhere. I figured i'd just uninstall them and then retry everything or something.

The only program documentation in the Slackware book is using pkgtool and stuff. I didn't use that. I just unzipped the tarball. ./configure, make, make install, make clean.

Where can i find these files and delete them? Or maybe i don't have to delete them if i can find them and run them.

Thanks,
Lance

Lance, Try... "whereis pkgname" or "locate pkgname", or "which pkgname".

The executable is probably in /usr/bin. If so, cd to that dir and then try: ./pkgname.

BC

It is somewhat difficult to remove something when installed this way, AFAIK. Next time, you might want to use checkinstall to generate a slackware package or use native slackware packages from a site like http://www.linuxpackages.net.

Or you can do something like this:


./configure||make||whatever||don't install anthing yet
cd / && find >system.find && cd -
make install (or whatever and include any other commands that will install files on the box)
cd / && find>system.find~ && diff system.find* >packagename.find && cd -

Anyways, you may need to update the slocate database before using the locate or slocate command.

Just run updatedb as root.

Hi! Well I don't know how do you want to run wxWindows(I think it's just a library) but most of the programs you install have executables which are named exactly as the program, or are just cut down a bit(e.g. Gnome control center - gnomecc). If you install xmule try typing xm in the console and push the 'tab' button twice to see what choices do you have and maybe you'll see xmule's executable :) Well I'm installing it right now too so I'll check how to run it and then post it here :) Hope that anything I said here makes sense because I'm very tired now and there's a big chance that my sentences and explanations won't make any sence :) But hope this helps you!