Re: OK, how do I UNinstall programs?

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From: Moritz Moeller-Herrmann
Date: Fri, 16 Apr 1999 00:00

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On Sat, 27 Mar 1999 23:33:29 GMT, Linux User <Linuxuser@windows98.com> wrote:
>I've managed to get RedHat running and I've been downloading programs
>from the Net like crazy, and testing all of them.
>
>However, my harddisk is getting a bit full now and I wonder...
>
>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 also a bit annoying when trying to install a newer version of
>something and it says that the old one was already installed.
>
>Your help please.
programs with a good setup support a make uninstall in addition to make
install. If you erased the source, just reinstall it in the same place and
make uninstall afterwards. If that doesn't work, you'll have to delete the
files manually. Always install self compiled programs to /usr/local or /opt.
That way you know where to delete something.

rpms can be uninstalled with 
rpm -e packagename

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From: moritz@news.uni-mannheim.de (Moritz Moeller-Herrmann)
Subject: Re: OK, how do I  UNinstall programs?
Date: 1999/04/16
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