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If its not packaged (rpm,deb,whatever) and there's no make uninstall
target defined then the only way to remove it is to read the install
script and manually do the reverse of it. This (in my opinion) is
the only downside to installing from source. Often times there's no
package management and uninstalling can be very tedious.
J.
When I grow up, I wanna be more like me.
I had a clue. I didn't like it. I took it back and exchanged it for an
attitude.
On Mon, 19 Jul 1999, Michael Whitman wrote:
> This is msql - a different program. I couldn't find an uninstall file.
> What do you do if there is not an uninstall file - just erase the program?
> In Windows NT you always have an uninstall program, or you have the
> ADD/REMOVE control panel. I am new to Linux and have figured out how to
> use rpms and run installation scripts in tarballs. I am wondering how to
> uninstall stuff in general in linux.
>
> At 02:54 PM 7/19/99 -0400, you wrote:
> >In my copy of the mysql [version mysql-3.22.14b-gamma] make file, there is a
> >target for uninstall...
> >
> >[user@host mysql-3.22.14b-gamma]$ make uninstall
> >
> >should do it I suppose...
> >
> >k
> >
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> >On Mon, 19 Jul 1999, Michael Whitman wrote:
> >
> >> I installed msql on my RH 5.2 box. I followed these instructions...
> >>
> >> 1.Unpack the source code.
> >>
> >> 2. In the root directory of the distribution type "make
> >> target". This will create a
> >> "symbolic link tree" for your platform under the targets/
> >> directory. For example, on a BSD/OS machine you may end up with a
> >> replica of the source code directory in
> >> targets/BSD_OS-2.1-i386/
> >>
> >> 3.Change directory to the target directory for your machine.
> >>
> >> 4.Run the setup utility (Note: use ./setup to ensure you get the mSQL
> >> setup utility and not a system utility).
> >>
> >> 5.After setup has completed, you can edit a couple of
> >> defaultconfiguration values in site.mm if you wish. When you are happy
> >> type "make all"
> >>
> >> 6.If the compilation of mSQL completes properly, type "make
> >> install" This will install all
> >> the mSQL related files under /usr/local/Hughes (or whatever
> >> directory you set as the
> >> install directory in site.mm) You may need root access to
> >> perform this step.
> >>
> >> Now I want to uninstall it. How? I looked for the add/remove icon but I
> >> couldn't find it. (that was a little joke.)
> >>
> >> In NT it is a bad idea to just erase files without running an uninstaller -
> >> but in Linux maybe it is ok?
> >>
> >> -Mike
> >>
> >>
> >> Michael P. Whitman
> >> Online Services Developer
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> >>
> >> mailto:michaelw@palawnet.com
> >>
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