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Old 12-06-2001, 09:02 AM   #1
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Unhappy file delete


hi what is the command to delete an application from the command line, which application was installed by the following: ./configure, make, make install.

thank you in advance
 
Old 12-06-2001, 09:14 AM   #2
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Code:
make uninstall
...in some cases, in others you need to read the Makefile and manually delete all the files that it installed.
 
  


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