how to uninstall a software

:King_58: · 09-23-2004, 04:30 PM

how can i uninstall any software.

esanchez · 09-23-2004, 04:32 PM

that will depend on your distribution...
what distribution are you using?
regards,
-eduardo s.m.

:King_58: · 09-23-2004, 04:35 PM

I use redhat 9

chrism01 · 09-23-2004, 04:35 PM

Depends: you could install yum or apt4rpm and use those to install/uninstall, accounting for dependencies automatically.
If you want to do it the hard way, use
rpm -e <rpmname>

If you installed the src from scratch and built it ie started with somefile.tgz or somefile.bz2 and then did make, make install, then you have to hope that the supplier supplied a make uninstall option. Check the src dir for a README or install guide.

:King_58: · 09-23-2004, 04:43 PM

So what I understand is if the supplier does not supplied a make uninstall option then there is no way of removing it.

chrism01 · 09-23-2004, 04:45 PM

As I said, only if you downloaded the src and built it yourself, otherwise use one of my other suggestions.

:King_58: · 09-23-2004, 04:46 PM

ok... is there any command that would list all the software that are installed.

Thanks chrism01.

esanchez · 09-23-2004, 04:52 PM

try using:

Code:

   redhat-config-packages

as root...
regards,
-eduardo s.m.

:King_58: · 09-23-2004, 04:54 PM

Cheers.

vincebs · 09-29-2004, 06:02 PM

I find that redhat-config-packages doesn't list everything. I also use "rpm -qa" from the command line.

Does anyone know how to uninstall software that used an installer to set themselves up? I am trying to uninstall Netscape, it seems to be messing Mozilla up but I can't find anything in the /usr/local/netscape directory or the installer directory that can help me.

esanchez · 09-30-2004, 11:03 AM

what you can do is delete the netscape dir in /usr/local, and also
remove the .netscape in your $HOME directory.
Probably there will be other files, as libraries por netscape but I really
don't know where they are installed..

regards,
-eduardo s.m.

detpenguin · 09-30-2004, 11:15 AM

redhat9 is an rpm based distro...if netscape was installed when you installed redhat, then it's an rpm....open a terminal, su to root and type:
rpm -e netscape

esanchez · 09-30-2004, 12:29 PM

he didn't use any rpm to install netscape, he use the installer that comes
with Netscape when you download it for linux..
regards,
-eduardo s.m.

FF103 · 09-30-2004, 01:44 PM

As esanchez said just delete the netscape directories, usually one is in /home.netscape and one in /usr/local you can also look in /usr/lib if you install netscape or a newer version of mozilla, you should remove the old version first to keep from having some of the problems you incountered.

vincebs · 09-30-2004, 02:36 PM

There is no .netscape directory. Netscape is using $HOME/.mozilla. I did not ask it to. It must have detected Mozilla and tried to install its settings there. If I delete ~/.mozilla, my Mozilla profiles will say goodbye too.

I don't know why, but Netscape keeps defaulting to my Mozilla default profile, even when I create additional ones.

How do I get rid of Netscape?