Re: How to uninstall a tar.gz package?
tôba wrote:
> On Fri, 14 Nov 2008 16:31:13 +0000
> Rodolfo Medina <rodolfo.medina@gmail.com> wrote:
>
>> I have auctex 11.84 installed via tar.gz package, and want now to
>> have the cvs version.
>>
>> Can anybody please suggest all the steps so to completely remove the
>> old one?
>
> If it has the "make unistall" capability, I think it will be easy to
> remove.
> Otherwise, I think you have to read the original Makefile file and
> remove installed files one by one.
If it doesn't have an uninstall script or target, try 'make -n install >
install_log.txt' to get a list of all the files it installs and remove them.
In the future use checkinstall or stow or something to manager your source
installs :)
- Chris
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