Date: Wed, 04 Jun 2003 05:12:24 -0400 From: Chuck Swiger <cswiger@mac.com> To: Robert Storey <y2kbug@ms25.hinet.net> Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: where to put tarball Message-ID: <3EDDB7F8.8020508@mac.com> In-Reply-To: <20030604152043.35ddd1b2.y2kbug@ms25.hinet.net> References: <20030603205258.7cb06c79.y2kbug@ms25.hinet.net> <004301c329d4$643953b0$ca0110ac@vinyl.tkvbp.com> <20030604152043.35ddd1b2.y2kbug@ms25.hinet.net>
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Robert Storey wrote: > Thanks Kliment. However, I wonder about uninstalling. If I think there's a > possibility I'd want to uninstall later, don't I need to preserve the directory > for a "make uninstall"? Or is there some other way to uninstall? If you want to be able to uninstall the software, you should strongly consider using or making a port of the software. If you install the software that way, you can do a "pkg_delete _name_" to remove the software without needing to keep the sources around. -- -Chuck
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