hi!
being a linux newbie,,
i instaled libnet and rarp
and as we are not getting along i want to remove them..
i installed both of them using

./ configure
make
make install

how do i remove them?
i know you can install sth as a pck.. but as i didnt use installpkg i assume i didnt install them as pkg, isnt it?
if i am wrong and i did install the pck.. can sb tell me how do i remove the hole thing?

thanks!!
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Nope, make install doesn't install the compiled code as pkg, use checkinstall for that.

./configure
make
checkinstall



Packages installed with make install can sometimes be uninstalled with make uninstall or a similar command. Check the readme of the app .

Get the same sources, compile them again with the same --prefix switch, and instead of "make install" do "make uninstall"

EDIT: Hmmm, this Checkinstall stuff is interesting.

What I was doing is pass a --prefix=/home/common/fakeroot (+/opt/kde for kde apps) to configure. Then, "make" "make install" Then go to /home/common/fakeroot arrange the files in correct folders, and "makepkg appname-ver-build" => home baked *.tgz

The problem with my "dumb" appriach - some progs ignore --prefix and drop some stuff in / folder anyway. "make install" as non-root helped (losta warnings about permissions came out.)

I sorta with there would be a --fake_system_root option on ALL ./configure. Sure would make things easier.

in general the --prefix works but the installation scripts may provide some post-install script like make symlinks in / (essentially for installing libraries) so even if you change prefix, post-install scripts do not always take prefix in account.

so.. what do u recommend me?
i dont know why isnt it working.
i was thinking about removing what i installed (thats why i made this post) .. and reinstalling it again by doing

./confiugre
make
checkinstall

do u think it will work?
can sth goes wrong on the installation because i didnt install it as a pck?
'cause nobody @google seems to ever had this problem of compilation..

Instead of remove files manually, just do :

./configure
make
checkinstall

It will replace automatically the files (assuming you did not give options like --prefix to the first compile/install) and you end with a package.tgz (look in the directory when you run ./configure).
Then, if you want again remove files, just do :
removepkg package.tgz