attn: trickykid -- uninstalling programs
 

or anyone else....

well thanks for the installing thread.... however, i am
trying to rid myself of an app that i installed
on my RedHat 8 box.

that seems to be a bigger pain. please help!

Did you install it from source or an rpm package?

What app? How did you install it?

You have to give us more to go on.

Usually if you install by source, example like a tar.gz file, if you have the directory you compiled from, most programs you can simply do a:

./configure -uninstall

That's only if the program has that functionality. Usually the programs README or INSTALL will mention if it has that builtin.
If not, then sometimes you may have to remove it all manually, hunting down the files that were installed.

If you installed by rpm, you can usually uninstall by doing a:

rpm -e package-name.rpm

wow, thanks for the quick responses.
i'll be more descriptive next time.

i did a

./configure
make
make install

i don't remember seeing anything else in README or INSTALL.
i will give that a whirl.

no you can't!

rpm -e package-name

no file suffix!

[QUOTE]Originally posted by acid_kewpie
[quote]If you installed by rpm, you can usually uninstall by doing a:

rpm -e package-name.rpm

Quote:

no you can't! rpm -e package-name no file suffix!

And don't forget the ever popular:

rpm -qa | grep substring

for finding the exact name of the package you want to uninstall :D

[QUOTE]Originally posted by acid_kewpie
[quote]If you installed by rpm, you can usually uninstall by doing a:

rpm -e package-name.rpm

Quote:

no you can't! rpm -e package-name no file suffix!

So sorry for the mistake, master of the RPM's.. :p