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    How to update software compiled from source?

    I am trying out Zenwalk Linux and so far love it. I have had to compile a couple of bits of software from source and don't know how I would update them when a new version comes out.

    The options are:

    1. Compile the new version and hope it overwrites the old one
    2. Uninstall the old version and compile the new.

    Option 2 feels safer but how do I uninstall a bit of software installed by compiling?
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    Just as you have "make install", you should also have an option "make uninstall" or similar from the makefile.
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    Thanks. I knew it would be easy but I didn't expect it to be that easy
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    Unfortunately, it often isn't that easy...

    The best thing to do, is to build a package when you compile the software and install/upgrade using the package manager.
    In Slackware, you do it like this:
    ./configure
    make
    make install DESTDIR=/tmp/something
    cd /tmp/something
    makepkg packagename-version-arch-1.txz

    This probably works in Zenwalk too.
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