Hi all,

Before composing this message, I have googled for the steps to undo
../configure, make, make install but to no avail. My earnest request to you
all to please help me with step by step method to undo the installation.

TIA,

Arty.

On Fri, 11 Jul 2008 11:56:53 +0530,
Artnut <art******.com> wrote:
> Hi all,
>
> Before composing this message, I have googled for the steps to undo
> ./configure, make, make install but to no avail. My earnest request
> to you all to please help me with step by step method to undo the
> installation.

You want:

$ sudo make uninstall
$ make clean

Ignore 'sudo' if you're already working as root.

'clean' is a usual target for make, and most distributed makefiles
will have it.

'uninstall' is often lacking.

Usually, there is no unconfigure command, though ./configure --help
may sometimes be useful. Details are usually available in the README
and INSTALL files.

If your distro doesn't have a suitable package available, you should
look into using 'checkinstall' to simplify uninstalling later.

If uninstall is unavailable, you could try:

$ checkinstall
$ cd ..
$ sudo dpkg -i foo-1.23.deb
$ sudo dpkg -r foo-1.23

I don't recall if you need root privledges for checkinstall, you will
need them for dpkg.

Substitute your favorite package manager. Checkinstall, installed
using your package manager should create the appropriate package type,
if not, 'man checkinstall'.

The above hack should be safe, but I haven't tested it.

HTH,

Michael C.
--
mjchappell@verizon.net http://mcsuper5.freeshell.org/

No trees were harmed in the composition of this; however,
numerous electrons were inconvenienced.

"Michael C." <mjchappell@news.motzarella.org> wrote in message
news:g578m5$b7h$1@registered.motzarella.org...
> On Fri, 11 Jul 2008 11:56:53 +0530,
> Artnut <art******.com> wrote:
>> Hi all,
>>
>> Before composing this message, I have googled for the steps to undo
>> ./configure, make, make install but to no avail. My earnest request
>> to you all to please help me with step by step method to undo the
>> installation.
>
> You want:
>
> $ sudo make uninstall
> $ make clean
>
> Ignore 'sudo' if you're already working as root.
>
> 'clean' is a usual target for make, and most distributed makefiles
> will have it.
>
> 'uninstall' is often lacking.
>
> Usually, there is no unconfigure command, though ./configure --help
> may sometimes be useful. Details are usually available in the README
> and INSTALL files.
>
> If your distro doesn't have a suitable package available, you should
> look into using 'checkinstall' to simplify uninstalling later.
>
> If uninstall is unavailable, you could try:
>
> $ checkinstall
> $ cd ..
> $ sudo dpkg -i foo-1.23.deb
> $ sudo dpkg -r foo-1.23
>
> I don't recall if you need root privledges for checkinstall, you will
> need them for dpkg.
>
> Substitute your favorite package manager. Checkinstall, installed
> using your package manager should create the appropriate package type,
> if not, 'man checkinstall'.
>
> The above hack should be safe, but I haven't tested it.
>
> HTH,
>
> Michael C.
> --

Michael thanks indeed for the solution write up. Unfortunately, something
went bad on my system again as the changes made to the Tim and Date even as
a root were not being accepted. The Add/Remove Software utility in Fedora 9
somehow kept showing busy completing unfinished tasks. When it displayed the
PAN newsreader and I tried to remove it, for a long time it did nothing.
I am just frustrated as one error leads to another. It all started with my
installing(read as screwing up) new kernel on RHEL5. That never got
resolved, installed Suse 10.2 only to screw it up again and now Fedora 9
doesn't want to install RPM or Source files with simple rpm -ivh and
../configure, make and make install commands respectively.

I have yet again reinstalled Fedora 9 with ALL packages Development, lest it
shows some dependency error. But I do not recall "deselecting" any utility
from my previous FC9 installation.

Regards,

Arty

Artnut wrote:
> Hi all,
>
> Before composing this message, I have googled for the steps to undo
> ./configure, make, make install but to no avail. My earnest request to you
> all to please help me with step by step method to undo the installation.

check out "checkinstall". it monitors "make install" and create a rpm or
deb out of the file list.

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Artnut wrote:

> Michael thanks indeed for the solution write up. Unfortunately, something
> went bad on my system again as the changes made to the Tim and Date even
> as a root were not being accepted. The Add/Remove Software utility in
> Fedora 9 somehow kept showing busy completing unfinished tasks. When it
> displayed the PAN newsreader and I tried to remove it, for a long time it
> did nothing. I am just frustrated as one error leads to another. It all
> started with my installing(read as screwing up) new kernel on RHEL5. That
> never got resolved, installed Suse 10.2 only to screw it up again and now
> Fedora 9 doesn't want to install RPM or Source files with simple rpm -ivh
> and ./configure, make and make install commands respectively.
>
> I have yet again reinstalled Fedora 9 with ALL packages Development, lest
> it shows some dependency error. But I do not recall "deselecting" any
> utility from my previous FC9 installation.
>
> Regards,
>
> Arty

I think is better to format you're system and start a new fresh install
After that use ONLY the software tool of the OS.
adding some repositories and you're done ;-)

and if you can
format a partition for "/ "
format a partition for "/home"
if you then want to do another new install
you only format "/ " and mount "/home" to the new system.

now you can backup you're user settings (/home) also ;-)
just open konsole as user:
cd to_the_backup_space
tar -czf home.tar ~/



on openSUSE is that like that:
adding url's to the system
http://users.telenet.be/photo-memori...arebronnen.png
install ANY software:
http://users.telenet.be/photo-memori...-install-1.png
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