Date: Wed, 25 May 2005 11:19:05 +0100 From: Alex Zbyslaw <xfb52@dial.pipex.com> To: Mark Jayson Alvarez <jay2xra@yahoo.com> Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Uninstalling software compiled from source Message-ID: <42945119.70607@dial.pipex.com> In-Reply-To: <20050525003311.GA94690@xor.obsecurity.org> References: <20050525001700.46809.qmail@web51605.mail.yahoo.com> <20050525003311.GA94690@xor.obsecurity.org>
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Kris Kennaway wrote: >On Tue, May 24, 2005 at 05:17:00PM -0700, Mark Jayson Alvarez wrote: > > >>Hi, >> Is there a way to remove all the components of a >>software that was installed from its source? Make >>uninstall doesn't work unlike when using the ports >>tree. >> >> > >Not really..that's one of the reasons why the ports collection is so >useful. You might be able to get part of the way there by using >find(1) creatively to identify files installed around the same time. > > > Or try "make -n install" to see what it would install, then delete it. --Alex
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