On Fri, 11 Jul 2008 11:56:53 +0530,
Artnut <art@yahoo.com> wrote:
> Hi all,
>
> Before composing this message, I have googled for the steps to undo
> ./configure, make, make install but to no avail. My earnest request
> to you all to please help me with step by step method to undo the
> installation.

You want:

$ sudo make uninstall
$ make clean

Ignore 'sudo' if you're already working as root.

'clean' is a usual target for make, and most distributed makefiles
will have it.

'uninstall' is often lacking.

Usually, there is no unconfigure command, though ./configure --help
may sometimes be useful. Details are usually available in the README
and INSTALL files.

If your distro doesn't have a suitable package available, you should
look into using 'checkinstall' to simplify uninstalling later.

If uninstall is unavailable, you could try:

$ checkinstall
$ cd ..
$ sudo dpkg -i foo-1.23.deb
$ sudo dpkg -r foo-1.23

I don't recall if you need root privledges for checkinstall, you will
need them for dpkg.

Substitute your favorite package manager. Checkinstall, installed
using your package manager should create the appropriate package type,
if not, 'man checkinstall'.

The above hack should be safe, but I haven't tested it.

HTH,

Michael C.
--
mjchappell@verizon.net http://mcsuper5.freeshell.org/

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