How can you uninstall software that was built and installed from source? (Using make install?)
Uninstalling Software Built from Source
make
Do you still have the source package? You can parse the Makefile for install commands, or you can install it again (with another $PREFIX) to capture a list of installed files. Also, it is printed to STDOUT. You could then remove those files from the directory where they were installed originally. Edit:I just dug up my notes on making an uninstaller script. Bear with me, I am paraphrasing here.After you build and install to a temporary target directory, do the following. (Where $PREFIX is whatever you used with ./configure.)cd $PREFIXfind . -type f | cut -b 1 --complement | sed 's/^/rm -f \/usr\/local/g' > uninstall.shfind . -type d | cut -b 1 --complement | sed 's/^/rmdir --ignore-fail-on-non-empty \/usr\/local/g' >> uninstall.shThe output will look like:rm -f /usr/local/lib/somelib.sorm -f /usr/local/bin/somebinrm -f /usr/local/include/someapp/someheaders.hrmdir --ignore-fail-on-non-empty /usr/local/sharermdir --ignore-fail-on-non-empty /usr/local/binrmdir --ignore-fail-on-non-empty /usr/local/include/someapp...This doesn't actually remove the critical system directories (/usr/local/bin, etc) because they'll be non-empty. Also, you'll want to confirm that your ./configure script uses /usr/local as the default $PREFIX. Adjust the sed command as necessary.