Hi,

How do I un-install programs under linux? In my currently problem I need to un-install a program compiled from source with the make commands. I thought it was as easy like 'make uninstall' but it wasn't.

Thanks!

Hi jasone,

you can use checkinstall for this. You find the package in the "extra" directory ( Link removed ). With checkinstall you are able to install programs and build a package on the fly. This means you are able to uninstall it after the installation with "removepkg name-of-the-package". You simply install checkinstall, do a "./configure && make" and then type "checkinstall". In case where the last step isn't "make install" you append the appropriate command, e. g. "checkinstall make all".
It works great, I use it for all my custom compiles.

Edit: I just noticed that the search with Slackware's package browser gives you no result. You can get checkinstall e. g. from here: ftp://ftp.gwdg.de/pub/linux/slackwar.../checkinstall/
Of course you can get it from any other slackware mirror.

Thanks man!

I'll use check from now on, seems great! So there is no way for me to un-install programs thats made from 'make install' ?

Run "make uninstall" as root from the directory where the software was compiled and installed from.

If there's no 'make uninstall', you could go about it by building the package again, and installing it with checkinstall - this will overwrite the old files, and then you can uninstall the package.