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Here i am againĄ I installed a package using a tar file and then ./configure and at last make install How is the correct way to remove it of my ...
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    How to remove packages install of a file.tar

    Here i am againĄ
    I installed a package using a tar file and then ./configure and at last make install
    How is the correct way to remove it of my system without using aptitude, synaptic or apt-get neither of them recognize the package i just install

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    Uninstalling manually installed programs using ./configure isn't as easy as uninstalling programs you've installed with aptitude, apt-get or Synaptic.
    Read the documentation that came with package and see if it says anything about uninstalling.
    If you know where the program was installed, you'll have to manually delete the installed files or the directory where your program is.
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    Quote Originally Posted by adrian_fpd View Post
    Here i am againĄ
    I installed a package using a tar file and then ./configure and at last make install
    How is the correct way to remove it of my system without using aptitude, synaptic or apt-get neither of them recognize the package i just install
    For software you compiled from source, you need to go back to the directory where you built the package from and as root enter the command "make uninstall". This does not work on every package, so as suggested above, look at the documentation first.

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    As previous posts, I'd use make uninstall to remove packages.
    I use a GUI file manager to remove directories - you can see what you are deleting and I normally move things to trash which gives me a second chance.

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