[PLUG] RPM v build from source- removing?

[Colin Kuskie]

On Thu, May 23, 2002 at 06:49:04PM -0400, Carla Schroder wrote:
> Hola, o fabulously brilliant, selfless Linux geeks. A question have I: how 
> do you remove software built from source? Uninstalling an RPM is easy- is 
> there a different method for removing roll-yer-own? 

Nay, lass of the media variety.

You are solely at the mercy of the programmer.  If they be thorough,
then you may find that:

make uninstall

works.  Otherwise, a lengthy and painful process of grokking the
output of

make -n install

ensues.  I've read of methods that alter the install program to keep
a log of what it installs and where, but again, if you're doing this
after the fact you're back to the grok.

Colin