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Old 10-03-2004, 09:35 AM   #1
lin00b
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uninstalling source and directory info


K, well ive been messing with this suse 9.1 for a bit now and but I need to learn more for me to achieve greater enlightenment, one key issue for me is knowing what each directory does, now can someone point a link to a site(or perhaps just explain) the deal with each directory, use, var etc. The second question is in relation to the first, i have got out of date screwed source compiled installations of gift and apollon and stuff and i need to know where their configure files (among other programs) are stored so I can do a make uninstall, I mean ive been to usr/lib/giFT and theres just a few .so files and stuff, no uninstall configures. Last question, I know theres more then one directory that programs go into, which is one of the most difficult things to accept coming from a shite wi***os machine, so if i do a make unistall in the 'main' package directory will it delete all the fles in the local and home areas too? Thanks for reading linux users
 
Old 10-03-2004, 03:09 PM   #2
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Re: uninstalling source and directory info

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so if i do a make unistall in the 'main' package directory will it delete all the fles in the local and home areas too? Thanks for reading linux users
Not home areas. You have to delete those yourself.

I'd suggest you to look into checkinstall and make_uninstall.
 
  


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