Hi All,

I tried to uninstall squid (tarball) with make uninstall but seems to me there is an error. belows is what happened:

# make uninstall
Making uninstall in lib
make[1]: Entering directory `/root/squid-2.5.STABLE7/lib'
make[1]: Nothing to be done for `uninstall'.
make[1]: Leaving directory `/root/squid-2.5.STABLE7/lib'
Making uninstall in scripts
make[1]: Entering directory `/root/squid-2.5.STABLE7/scripts'
rm -f /usr/local/squid/bin/RunCache
rm -f /usr/local/squid/bin/RunAccel
make[1]: Leaving directory `/root/squid-2.5.STABLE7/scripts'
Making uninstall in src
make[1]: Entering directory `/root/squid-2.5.STABLE7/src'
Making uninstall in fs
make[2]: Entering directory `/root/squid-2.5.STABLE7/src/fs'
make[3]: Entering directory `/root/squid-2.5.STABLE7/src/fs'
make[3]: Nothing to be done for `uninstall-am'.
make[3]: Leaving directory `/root/squid-2.5.STABLE7/src/fs'
make[2]: Leaving directory `/root/squid-2.5.STABLE7/src/fs'
Making uninstall in repl
make[2]: Entering directory `/root/squid-2.5.STABLE7/src/repl'
make[3]: Entering directory `/root/squid-2.5.STABLE7/src/repl'
make[3]: Nothing to be done for `uninstall-am'.
make[3]: Leaving directory `/root/squid-2.5.STABLE7/src/repl'
make[2]: Leaving directory `/root/squid-2.5.STABLE7/src/repl'
Making uninstall in auth
make[2]: Entering directory `/root/squid-2.5.STABLE7/src/auth'
Making uninstall in basic
make[3]: Entering directory `/root/squid-2.5.STABLE7/src/auth/basic'
make[4]: Entering directory `/root/squid-2.5.STABLE7/src/auth/basic'
make[4]: Nothing to be done for `uninstall-am'.
make[4]: Leaving directory `/root/squid-2.5.STABLE7/src/auth/basic'
make[3]: Leaving directory `/root/squid-2.5.STABLE7/src/auth/basic'
make[3]: Entering directory `/root/squid-2.5.STABLE7/src/auth'
make[3]: Nothing to be done for `uninstall-am'.
make[3]: Leaving directory `/root/squid-2.5.STABLE7/src/auth'
make[2]: Leaving directory `/root/squid-2.5.STABLE7/src/auth'
make[2]: Entering directory `/root/squid-2.5.STABLE7/src'
rm -f /usr/local/squid/bin/squidclient
rm -f /usr/local/squid/share/mib.txt
rm -f /usr/local/squid/libexec/unlinkd
rm -f /usr/local/squid/libexec/cachemgr.cgi
rm -f /usr/local/squid/sbin/squid
rm -f /usr/local/squid/etc/squid.conf.default
rm -f /usr/local/squid/etc/mime.conf.default
make[2]: Leaving directory `/root/squid-2.5.STABLE7/src'
make[1]: Leaving directory `/root/squid-2.5.STABLE7/src'
Making uninstall in icons
make[1]: Entering directory `/root/squid-2.5.STABLE7/icons'
rm -f /usr/local/squid/share/icons/anthony-binhex.gif
rm -f /usr/local/squid/share/icons/anthony-bomb.gif
rm -f /usr/local/squid/share/icons/anthony-box.gif
rm -f /usr/local/squid/share/icons/anthony-box2.gif
rm -f /usr/local/squid/share/icons/anthony-c.gif
rm -f /usr/local/squid/share/icons/anthony-compressed.gif
rm -f /usr/local/squid/share/icons/anthony-dir.gif
rm -f /usr/local/squid/share/icons/anthony-dirup.gif
rm -f /usr/local/squid/share/icons/anthony-dvi.gif
rm -f /usr/local/squid/share/icons/anthony-f.gif
rm -f /usr/local/squid/share/icons/anthony-image.gif
rm -f /usr/local/squid/share/icons/anthony-image2.gif
rm -f /usr/local/squid/share/icons/anthony-layout.gif
rm -f /usr/local/squid/share/icons/anthony-link.gif
rm -f /usr/local/squid/share/icons/anthony-movie.gif
rm -f /usr/local/squid/share/icons/anthony-pdf.gif
rm -f /usr/local/squid/share/icons/anthony-portal.gif
rm -f /usr/local/squid/share/icons/anthony-ps.gif
rm -f /usr/local/squid/share/icons/anthony-quill.gif
rm -f /usr/local/squid/share/icons/anthony-script.gif
rm -f /usr/local/squid/share/icons/anthony-sound.gif
rm -f /usr/local/squid/share/icons/anthony-tar.gif
rm -f /usr/local/squid/share/icons/anthony-tex.gif
rm -f /usr/local/squid/share/icons/anthony-text.gif
rm -f /usr/local/squid/share/icons/anthony-unknown.gif
rm -f /usr/local/squid/share/icons/anthony-xbm.gif
rm -f /usr/local/squid/share/icons/anthony-xpm.gif
make[1]: Leaving directory `/root/squid-2.5.STABLE7/icons'
Making uninstall in errors
make[1]: Entering directory `/root/squid-2.5.STABLE7/errors'
make[1]: Leaving directory `/root/squid-2.5.STABLE7/errors'
Making uninstall in doc
make[1]: Entering directory `/root/squid-2.5.STABLE7/doc'
rm -f /usr/local/squid/man/man8/squid.8
make[1]: Leaving directory `/root/squid-2.5.STABLE7/doc'
Making uninstall in helpers
make[1]: Entering directory `/root/squid-2.5.STABLE7/helpers'
Making uninstall in basic_auth
make[2]: Entering directory `/root/squid-2.5.STABLE7/helpers/basic_auth'
make[3]: Entering directory `/root/squid-2.5.STABLE7/helpers/basic_auth'
make[3]: Nothing to be done for `uninstall-am'.
make[3]: Leaving directory `/root/squid-2.5.STABLE7/helpers/basic_auth'
make[2]: Leaving directory `/root/squid-2.5.STABLE7/helpers/basic_auth'
Making uninstall in ntlm_auth
make[2]: Entering directory `/root/squid-2.5.STABLE7/helpers/ntlm_auth'
make[3]: Entering directory `/root/squid-2.5.STABLE7/helpers/ntlm_auth'
make[3]: Nothing to be done for `uninstall-am'.
make[3]: Leaving directory `/root/squid-2.5.STABLE7/helpers/ntlm_auth'
make[2]: Leaving directory `/root/squid-2.5.STABLE7/helpers/ntlm_auth'
Making uninstall in digest_auth
make[2]: Entering directory `/root/squid-2.5.STABLE7/helpers/digest_auth'
make[3]: Entering directory `/root/squid-2.5.STABLE7/helpers/digest_auth'
make[3]: Nothing to be done for `uninstall-am'.
make[3]: Leaving directory `/root/squid-2.5.STABLE7/helpers/digest_auth'
make[2]: Leaving directory `/root/squid-2.5.STABLE7/helpers/digest_auth'
Making uninstall in external_acl
make[2]: Entering directory `/root/squid-2.5.STABLE7/helpers/external_acl'
make[3]: Entering directory `/root/squid-2.5.STABLE7/helpers/external_acl'
make[3]: Nothing to be done for `uninstall-am'.
make[3]: Leaving directory `/root/squid-2.5.STABLE7/helpers/external_acl'
make[2]: Leaving directory `/root/squid-2.5.STABLE7/helpers/external_acl'
make[2]: Entering directory `/root/squid-2.5.STABLE7/helpers'
make[2]: Nothing to be done for `uninstall-am'.
make[2]: Leaving directory `/root/squid-2.5.STABLE7/helpers'
make[1]: Leaving directory `/root/squid-2.5.STABLE7/helpers'
make[1]: Entering directory `/root/squid-2.5.STABLE7'
make[1]: Nothing to be done for `uninstall-am'.
make[1]: Leaving directory `/root/squid-2.5.STABLE7'

From the output below, I am not quite sure if its a successful uninstallation or not. Because when I checked /usr/local the squid directory is still there.
Or is it normal that I have to find all the squid directory and remove it?

Thanks in advance!

Heh, did you look inside the squid directory to see if anything was in there?

Because there was nothing in the output that suggested directory removal, just the files inside them.

Hi borrden,

Yes, I looked into the directory, all the subdirectories such as cache, log etc are still in there.

I have just deleted the whole squid directory using the GUI file manager, wonder thats fine? because of workmate told me its not ok.

Thanks.

Haha, what I meant is not is there subdirectories in there. But are there ACTUAL files inside the folders? Oh well they are gone now. If your computer is not in utter chaos then no you didn't hurt anything. Removing stuff you put on in the first place usually never hurts anything anyway.

many time linux user are not sure that the installation and removal is complete with error or without error. the tip is use always by me is worked 100% that command run properly without error.

./configure && echo "configuration is successful"
make && echo "successful"
make install && "successful"

or any message in quotes its only a message. if the message is appear it means the command is running completly or successfully. In this way
use
make uninstall && echo "words of your choice"

if the message is appear after running the command it means removal is done if not than command is failed to remove the software

The make uninstall did it right. The squid was installed in the /usr/local/squid directory. By the way you have to use make uninstall on the not cleaned sources i.e on from the directory you used to build and install the squid.