on Mon, Nov 13, 2000 at 01:35:27PM +0100, Jonathan Gift (jgift@wanadoo.fr) wrote: > > 1. I have compiled and installed a new kernel. I'll keep the source > > in place for future work, but what of the org bzImage? Does one > > leave that in place as well or is it ok to remove it? > > >Sorry. Where's that bzImage? Under /usr/src/linux or in /boot? If > >the > > The original in /usr/src/.../boot. When I ran make install it made a > copy which it placed in /boot and linked to vmlinuz. So I have this > extra original floating around doing nothing. Do I leave it? What do > people do? I generally leave the kernel under /usr/src/linux until I build a new one. Doesn't matter. > >Usually I'll do the following with apps compiled from sources: > > > - remove source tree > > ...once you've installed the binaries (and/or associated configuration > and man pages), you can delete the source tree. > > Just delete the source directory from which I just compiled the app, that's > it? Yep. > >Otherwise, 'make uninstall' is a common build target which will > >remove a > > Good to know. But what name do I use and from where? If I compiled, > say Blackbox, and it installed itself in /usr/local/bin + a man page. You run 'make uninstall' from the source tree, if the target exists. See the application's provided installation documentation, as I said, this is highly variable. -- Karsten M. Self <kmself@ix.netcom.com> http://www.netcom.com/~kmself Evangelist, Zelerate, Inc. http://www.zelerate.org What part of "Gestalt" don't you understand? There is no K5 cabal http://gestalt-system.sourceforge.net/ http://www.kuro5hin.org
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