Re: OK, how do I UNinstall programs?

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From: James R. Van Zandt
Date: Thu, 15 Apr 1999 00:00

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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

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Subject: Re: OK, how do I  UNinstall programs?
Date: 1999/04/15
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