Re: OK, how do I UNinstall programs?

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From: Jason Stokes
Date: Fri, 23 Apr 1999 00:00

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On 15 Apr 1999 17:06:00 -0400, James R. Van Zandt <jrv@mitre.org> 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.

Why "Linuxuser@windows98.com" is using tarballs long after they've been made
obsolescenct by clean package management facilities is beyond me.  Even the
developers of various packages aren't using tarballs much any more,
preferring access to revisions over CVS.

-- 
Jason Stokes: jstok@bluedog.apana.org.au

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From: jstok@bluedog.apana.org.au (Jason Stokes)
Subject: Re: OK, how do I  UNinstall programs?
Date: 1999/04/23
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