Date: Tue, 29 May 2001 16:56:25 -0700 From: David Johnson <djohnson@acuson.com> To: Dale Chulhan - Home <dchulhan@uwi.tt> Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Uninstalling Software Message-ID: <3B143729.B18DF03E@acuson.com> References: <3B1435E4.63C1BE8B@uwi.tt>
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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 To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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