Maybe a stupid question...
 

This may be a very stupid question but here it goes :

Lets say i download a tarball of an application from the internet(for example lets say xxxx.tar.gz).I extract it on a folder (for instance /home/user/xxx ) cd to the xxx directory and then do the usual : ./configure , make , make install (as su the last one).
Can i delete then the xxx directory and still be able to use the xxx application?
How do i uninstall the application?

Usually you can uninstall the application with command "make uninstall".

Yes, you can delete the source directory
and still use the application. Uninstalling
without the Makefile (some Makefile's
provide uninstalling) is a bit trickier.

You could, however, start using checkinstall
for the last step (drop-in replacment for
"make install") which will then create a
slack tarball, a debian pkg or an rpm for
you (makes uninstalling much easier).

http://checkinstall.izto.org


Cheers,
Tink

Check install sounds nice! I have mandrake 9.2 can i use it?

A!So i can delete a source folder and still use the application. If i delete everything in the folder except for the makefile can i then uninstall the application with " make uninstall " ??

I don't know, I've got Slack, and it works well
for me :}


Cheers,
Tink

Not necessarily ... there may dependent Makefiles
in subdirectories. That's why I said it's a bit trickier!


Cheers,
Tink

Just checked the readme file and it says it supports mandrake 9.2

As for my other question :

So i can delete a source folder and still use the application. If i delete everything in the folder except for the makefile can i then uninstall the application with " make uninstall " ??

Any help??

Scroll up a bit, and start editing your posts,
rather than firing 5 consecutive ones in 10
minutes ;)


Cheers,
Tink

OOooooooooooooops! U'r right Tinkster! Sorry && thanx!