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Old 07-29-2005, 01:23 PM   #1
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How to uninstall package installed with make install


How can i uninstalled a package which was compiled and installed by make command. ... (make install)
 
Old 07-29-2005, 01:37 PM   #2
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Quite often, 'make uninstall' will do that. You also might want to check out a program called 'checkinstall'
 
Old 07-29-2005, 01:57 PM   #3
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make uninstall said
make : *** no rule to make target 'uninstall' *** .stop.

And

checkinstall command not found

tried help of make but not found something like uninstall

Using FC3
 
Old 07-29-2005, 02:11 PM   #4
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You'll need to download, make and install 'checkinstall' if you cannot find that package available as a Fedora package. I don't know anything about Fedora.. however packages are distributed. Otherwise, just download and make the checkinstall program.

http://asic-linux.com.mx/~izto/checkinstall/

After you've installed 'checkinstall' go into the directory of that program that you've built that you wish to uninstall.

checkinstall -R
will build an rpm package, so if you run
checkinstall -R make install

Yes it will try to install that same program you want un-installed. After checkinstall is done, you will have an RPM of the installation. You should be able to remove it using rpm.

checkinstall will build a few different packages, so you might want to check out the documentation before you use checkinstall. I actually highly recommend you read more about it from their website and docs rather than just by what I've described.

Also, there may be uninstallation instructions somewhere with that program you want uninstalled, if you haven't already gone through them all.

Good luck!
 
  


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