Re: make uninstall

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On Sat, Aug 06, 2005 at 03:21:46AM -0500, Jonathan Trites wrote:
> Here's something I hate. Programs that after you do the ./configure,
> make, make install, you realize for one reason or another that you did
> something wrong or you no longer want the program. So, after it shits
> all over /usr/bin, /usr/local/bin, /usr/lib, or whateverthefuck
> other directories it uses that have a bajillion and a half other files
> already in them, so you can't manually delete the program, you try
> 'make uninstall'. And what the fuck do you get:
>=20
> make: *** No rule to make target `uninstall'.  Stop.
>=20
> Well, FUCK YOU TOO. I haven't done any other ./configure's or changed
> anything, so you should be able to fucking uninstall.  I just don't
> want you on my system anymore. So, GET THE FUCK OFF. But nooooooooo, I
> can't do that because it put files all over the fucking place and I
> have no way of ever being able to get it fully off of my system.


For anything that's more than a single file, I tend to use:

    ./configure --prefix /opt/package

or even:

    ./configure --prefix /opt/package/version



Abigail

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• make uninstall Jonathan Trites 09:21 on 06 Aug 2005
  • Re: make uninstall Chris Devers 14:05 on 06 Aug 2005
    • Jonathan Trites 21:28 on 06 Aug 2005
  • peter (Peter da Silva) 14:40 on 06 Aug 2005
    • Chet Hosey 15:47 on 08 Aug 2005
      • too deep to show
  • Abigail 00:12 on 08 Aug 2005

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