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jrv@mitre.org (James R. Van Zandt) wrote:
>Linuxuser@windows98.com (Linux User) writes:
> 
>> How do I UNINSTALL those programs!!! There are INSTALL-instructions,
>> but no uninstall. (I mainly use those tar.gz files instead of those
>> RPMs)
>
>This is one of the problems that package managers like rpm (for Red
>Hat) and dpkg (for Debian) solve.  If you would rather manage packages
>yourself, then package removal is one of the things you have to do.
>
>			- Jim Van Zandt

If you mean by tar.gz files, you mean that you are compiling the sources up,
then some s/w authors put an uninstall command in the make file, so just try
'make uninstall', from the directory that you issued the make, make install
commands Makes sence really.

Or if there isn't an unistall bit, you have to track down the installed files,
not much fun. Using the make install -n command will run the install script,
but not copy files, so you can have a good look at what the install will do,
ie. over copy files, esp libraries!!

There is I believe a program called Installpack that replaces the install
program, and builds a database of the files you've installed so you can
uninstall them even if there is no uninstall section in the make file. I
beileve that some people have had a lot of success with this program. No me
though I could get the thing to talk my language, sence that is. Anyway, try
http://freshemeat.net and sercah for Installpack.

Have fun

H&Ks
Garf.