[PLUG] RPM v build from source- removing?

[Rich Shepard]

On Thu, 23 May 2002, 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? 

  I've searched for the obvious names and removed those, but I've never
known what detritus I've left behind.

  I suppose that if there's a package available for your source tarball you
could check rpmfind and read what it provides, then go delete all those
files.

Rich