Need guidance for removing software completely.

gardenair · 03-12-2011, 12:40 PM

I have uninstalled squid 2.5 from my system using command

Code:

[root@localhost root]rpm -e squid

Now check that is there squid files.

Code:

[root@localhost root]# rpm-qa |grep squid       
[root@localhost root]#

Now I use find command but it show the squid folder!

Code:

[root@localhost root]# find / -name squid
/var/spool/squid
/etc/squid

technically you think that squid has been successfully removed from my system ?
thanks
garden

corp769 · 03-12-2011, 03:23 PM

Just remove those two directories and you will be good. /etc/squid is just for configuration and settings, and /var/spool/squid most likely will be empty.

Josh

gardenair · 03-12-2011, 09:07 PM

Actually I want to install squid 2.6 in

Code:

[root@localhost squid-2.6.STATBLE22]#  ./configure@--prefix=/usr/local/squid

any impact if i delete these previous two dir ?

corp769 · 03-12-2011, 11:59 PM

What distro are you running? If squid 2.5 was installed via your package manager, you should remove it that way. If not, then you can safely hand remove everything, and install the newer version and be good to go.