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:LinuxDevCenter: Cooking with Linux, Part 1
LinuxDevCenter: Cooking with Linux, Part 1
Dec 15, 2004, 07 :00 UTC (4 Talkback[s]) (4402 reads)

(Other stories by Carla Schroder)

"You need to know what files are installed on your system when you install a program from source code, so that you can find and remove all of them if you decide you don't want them anymore. Some program authors thoughtfully include a 'make uninstall' target to perform a clean uninstall, but many do not.

"You can use standard Linux utilities to generate a pre-installation list of all files on your system. Then generate a post-installation list, and diff the two lists to make a list of newly-installed files.

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Now we have _Linux Cookbook_ by Carla Sc ...   Cookbooks & the broth   
Wendell Cochran
Dec 15, 2004, 13:04:12
 
That first tip is not really the best wa ...   Installwatch and Checkinstall   
C. Whitman
Dec 15, 2004, 15:55:28
 
The author states that "-v" as an option ...   Author can't read (or maybe write)   
Charles Lacour
Dec 15, 2004, 19:11:07
 
After reading about Debian Women, it&#39 ...   Mistakes, how dare you!   
sepero
Dec 16, 2004, 00:44:15
 
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