Re: OK, how do I UNinstall programs?

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From: Peter Polman
Date: Tue, 30 Mar 1999 00:00

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You should be able to do a "make uninstall" from the same directory where
you did the "make install"

Linux User 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.

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Date: 1999/03/30
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