installing from source

fobius · 03-13-2004, 04:39 PM

i've just been wondering about this for awhie now..everytime i install something from source and there is no make uninstall or anything like that, how would I go about deleting a program and all it's related files? if i have some programs from the slack installation that i don't want anymore, how do i remove them?

thanks

320mb · 03-13-2004, 05:02 PM

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if i have some programs from the slack installation that i don't want anymore, how do i remove them?

from the GUI........kicker>system>KPackage, put a check by the package you don't want and click on uninstall
from the CLI......removepkg <whatever version>.tgz

fobius · 03-13-2004, 05:37 PM

thanks 320mb. anyone know about removing source compiled software completely if the makefile doesn't provide a way to do so? would you just have to manually delete all the files yourself?

Kovacs · 03-13-2004, 05:57 PM

I remove everything by hand... normally I just to a locate programname and it tells you where all the bits are, then just rm -r all the directories which have got stuff for that app in them, and delete the executables by hand.

Cerbere · 03-13-2004, 06:58 PM

I use checkinstall when compiling programs. It replaces the 'make install' step and creates a Slack (or RedHat or Debian) package so it's easy to uninstall. You can also get checkinstall from Slackware. I think it's in the 'extras' directory.

Enjoy!
--- Cerbere

fobius · 03-13-2004, 07:08 PM

thanks, that sounds good to me

ringwraith · 03-13-2004, 09:28 PM

Checkinstall is a good solution.

For the others that you already installed. Do you still have the file present. If so try to go back in to the file and "make uninstall" . With better written programs this will work.