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I am using Redhat Ent. 4. and have been installing a lot of application. The problem I have is I compiled, and install them (make install) to whereever the default ...
  1. 02-02-2007 #1
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    I am using Redhat Ent. 4. and have been installing a lot of application.

    The problem I have is I compiled, and install them (make install) to whereever the default of application is, and I have no idea how to uninstall it if I don't want or want to use a newer version. Some app is installed in /opt/bin , some in /usr/local/bin

    Is there a rule of thumb of where should we install applications?
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    yeah some kind of rule....binaries goto bin dir, libraries goto lib dir....

    Does RED HAT have any package manager?
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    Most apps you compile yourself go into various subdirectories of /usr/local. Some third party (especially commercial packages) go into /opt. If you want to uninstall packages you installed from source, you have to do "make uninstall" from the directory you installed from. Some packages also come with an uninstaller e.g. netbeans.

    Also take a look at the File Hierarchy Standard.
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