How to uninstall a *.sh program

[MikeH30]

I recently downloaded Swiftfox and ran the installer.

sh install-swiftfox.sh

Swiftfox does not run on my processor (Intel Core2 Quad CPU Q6600 @ 2.40GHz) so now I want to un-install it but can't seem to.

I tried to un-install with this line of code I found in the SwiftFox Forums:

sudo apt-get remove swiftfox

This doesn't work.

Please advise.

-Mike

[devils casper]

Check if there is any un-install script available for swiftfox. If there isn't any, you have to remove it manually.

[gogalthorp]

Apt-get is not normally used in Suse. Suse uses the RPM system.

You might open the script in an editor it may give you clues to where things got installed.

[MikeH30]

Here is the script. How do I manually remove a package?

#!/bin/sh
#
# This script installs Swiftfox

# Download Swiftfox
echo " "
echo "Password required to install to /opt directory..."
echo " "
cd /opt
sudo wget http://getswiftfox.com/builds/releas...escott.tar.bz2

# Install Swiftfox
echo " "
echo "Installing Swiftfox..."

# If there is an existing swiftfox install here let's move it out of the way
sudo mv swiftfox swiftfox.old

# Extract the build
sudo tar -jxf swiftfox-3.5rc3-prescott.tar.bz2

# Search for plugins
echo " "
echo "Searching for existing plugins, errors can be safely ignored..."
sudo cp swiftfox.old/plugins/* swiftfox/plugins
sudo cp /usr/lib/firefox/plugins/* swiftfox/plugins
sudo cp /usr/lib/mozilla/plugins/* swiftfox/plugins
sudo cp /usr/lib/mozilla-firefox/plugins/* swiftfox/plugins
sudo cp /usr/lib/browser-plugins/* swiftfox/plugins
sudo cp /usr/lib/xulrunner-addons/plugins/* swiftfox/plugins

# Make sure root owns the Swiftfox directory
sudo chown -hR root:root swiftfox

# Add link in /usr/bin
sudo ln -s /opt/swiftfox/swiftfox /usr/bin/swiftfox

# Add Swiftfox to menu
cd /usr/share/applications
sudo wget http://getswiftfox.com/builds/instal...iftfox.desktop

# Remove the downloaded tarball
sudo rm /opt/swiftfox-3.5rc3-prescott.tar.bz2

echo " "
echo "Swiftfox has been installed. Happy Surfing!"
echo " "
exit

[waterhead]

You need to go back to the Swiftfox web site and download the uninstaller.

Swiftfox Installer
http://getswiftfox.com/builds/instal...ll-swiftfox.sh

Here's the contents of the uninstall-swiftfox script

#!/bin/sh
# 
# This script uninstalls Swiftfox that was installed using the installer

echo " "
echo "Uninstalling Swiftfox..."
echo " "
sudo rm -rf /opt/swiftfox
sudo rm /usr/bin/swiftfox
sudo rm ~/Desktop/Swiftfox.desktop
sudo rm /usr/share/applications/Swiftfox.desktop

echo " "
echo "Swiftfox has been uninstalled"
echo " "
exit

[MikeH30]

Thanks Waterhead. I didn't even see that link.

-Mike

[MikeH30]

# Make sure root owns the Swiftfox directory
sudo chown -hR root:root swiftfox

I am wondering if the reason I was not able to run swiftbox was due to a permissions issue - I installed it while logged in as my user "Mike"

[waterhead]

That could be, but you really don't want to run Firefox as root. That would allow access to the operating system to anything evil on a web site.