Uninstalling software compiled from source
Alex Zbyslaw
xfb52 at dial.pipex.com
Wed May 25 03:19:11 PDT 2005
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
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