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Old 02-16-2004, 01:23 AM   #1
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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?
 
Old 02-16-2004, 01:35 AM   #2
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Usually you can uninstall the application with command "make uninstall".
 
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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


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Old 02-16-2004, 01:52 AM   #4
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Check install sounds nice! I have mandrake 9.2 can i use it?
 
Old 02-16-2004, 01:55 AM   #5
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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 " ??
 
Old 02-16-2004, 01:56 AM   #6
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Check install sounds nice! I have mandrake 9.2 can i use it?
I don't know, I've got Slack, and it works well
for me :}


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Old 02-16-2004, 01:58 AM   #7
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Originally posted by Braveheart1980
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 " ??
Not necessarily ... there may dependent Makefiles
in subdirectories. That's why I said it's a bit trickier!


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Old 02-16-2004, 02:00 AM   #8
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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??
 
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Scroll up a bit, and start editing your posts,
rather than firing 5 consecutive ones in 10
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Old 02-16-2004, 02:19 AM   #10
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OOooooooooooooops! U'r right Tinkster! Sorry && thanx!
 
  


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