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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?
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).
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 " ??
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!
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 " ??
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