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From: Alex Zbyslaw <xfb52@dial.pipex.com>
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Subject: Re: Uninstalling software compiled from source
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Kris Kennaway wrote:

>On Tue, May 24, 2005 at 05:17:00PM -0700, Mark Jayson Alvarez wrote:
>  
>
>>Hi,
>>   Is there a way to remove all the components of a
>>software that was installed from its source? Make
>>uninstall doesn't work unlike when using the ports
>>tree.
>>    
>>
>
>Not really..that's one of the reasons why the ports collection is so
>useful.  You might be able to get part of the way there by using
>find(1) creatively to identify files installed around the same time.
>
>  
>
Or try "make -n install" to see what it would install, then delete it.

--Alex