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Date:      Tue, 29 May 2001 16:56:25 -0700
From:      David Johnson <djohnson@acuson.com>
To:        Dale Chulhan - Home <dchulhan@uwi.tt>
Cc:        freebsd-questions@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: Uninstalling Software
Message-ID:  <3B143729.B18DF03E@acuson.com>
References:  <3B1435E4.63C1BE8B@uwi.tt>

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Dale Chulhan - Home wrote:

> gzip -dc <filename> | tar -xvf -
> cd <untarred dir>
> ./configure
> make
> make test
> make install
> 
> so from there is there some file some where that tracks installs and
> helps you get rid of stuff?

"make uninstall" will uninstall the typical source-built package.
Unfortunately, there are a few packages that won't. Equally unfortunate,
there are a few packages whose uninstall doesn't match their install.
Sigh... One reason why the ports are so convenient.

But in 90% of the cases, a "make uninstall" will work.

David

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