Re: OK, how do I UNinstall programs?

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From: Mike DuFresne
Date: Sat, 27 Mar 1999 00:00

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Linux User wrote:
> 
> 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)

Usually, 'make uninstall' does the trick. Of course, this depends on how
nice the packager was when making the Makefile and on whether or not you
kept the install directory around from which the install was created.
YMMV.

mike

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