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To: Dale Chulhan - Home <dchulhan@uwi.tt>
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Subject: Re: Uninstalling Software
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Dale Chulhan - Home wrote:

> gzip -dc <filename> | tar -xvf -
> cd <untarred dir>
> ./configure
> make
> make test
> make install
> 
> so from there is there some file some where that tracks installs and
> helps you get rid of stuff?

"make uninstall" will uninstall the typical source-built package.
Unfortunately, there are a few packages that won't. Equally unfortunate,
there are a few packages whose uninstall doesn't match their install.
Sigh... One reason why the ports are so convenient.

But in 90% of the cases, a "make uninstall" will work.

David

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