how is it possible to uninstall some software which was installed after running ./configure and make,is there any uninstallation procedure? or how can i know directories name where different files are Installed
-second,how could i add a software executable in Start menu with its icon?
whats the file name where KDE stores such information
thanks
Uninstalling software
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- Lance Naik
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if you installed using the procedure
configure
make
make install
you may be very lucky and use
make uninstall
to uninstall the software
if you have deleted the sourcecode, you may have to uncompress it again and run
configure
make uninstall
otherwise you will have to examine the makefile
i read this somewhere, but i may be wrong
danny sad
configure
make
make install
you may be very lucky and use
make uninstall
to uninstall the software
if you have deleted the sourcecode, you may have to uncompress it again and run
configure
make uninstall
otherwise you will have to examine the makefile
i read this somewhere, but i may be wrong
danny sad
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You are right Zolt!
I have tried it many times and it works.
Basically to uninstall softwares installed through sources using the make commands like ./configure, make and make install, they can be uninstalled using the make uninstall command in terminal
To uninstall rpms, this command is used:
rpm --erase rpmname.rpm
For editing the menus in kde, use the kmenuedit tool
The kmenuedit tool is included in the kde base packages
For editing the menus in gnome, read my article on the forum.
I have tried it many times and it works.
Basically to uninstall softwares installed through sources using the make commands like ./configure, make and make install, they can be uninstalled using the make uninstall command in terminal
To uninstall rpms, this command is used:
rpm --erase rpmname.rpm
For editing the menus in kde, use the kmenuedit tool
The kmenuedit tool is included in the kde base packages
For editing the menus in gnome, read my article on the forum.
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Faraz.Fazil wrote:You are right Zolt!
I have tried it many times and it works.
Basically to uninstall softwares installed through sources using the make commands like ./configure, make and make install, they can be uninstalled using the make uninstall command in terminal
To uninstall rpms, this command is used:
rpm --erase rpmname.rpm
For editing the menus in kde, use the kmenuedit tool
The kmenuedit tool is included in the kde base packages
For editing the menus in gnome, read my article on the forum.
kadnan,
To get around the dillema you have, you can take 2 routes
To get around the dillema you have, you can take 2 routes
- Use checkinstall to create rpms out of the source packages. rpm can be easily uninstalled
- Use GNU Stow. With that, you run configure like
then run
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./configure --prefix=/usr/local/stow/<pkgname>
To create symlinks of the packages in /usr/local. stow -D uninstalls it.Code: Select all
stow <pkgname>