On Sat, 2006-02-04 at 20:58 -0500, Carl Hartung wrote:
On Saturday 04 February 2006 20:01, Art Fore wrote:
I compiled and install ivtv-0.4.1, but I want to upgrade it to 0.4.2. How can I uninstall the 0.4.1 version? make uninstall does not work.
Art
Hi Art,
This is precisely why I recommend people try checkinstall. It comes with SUSE and you use it to create rpm packages from tarballs. The secret is to run through the /.configure, make and make install and, if it successfully builds, repeat the process with "checkinstall" in place of "make install". Then you install the rpm it creates to keep the rpm database consistent *and* you can later easily uninstall the software with rpm or YaST.
I know this doesn't help your present situation, but it's something you should be aware of.
Can you tell from the spec file or build log(s) what pieces landed where? Since the rpm database doesn't know that the software exists, you might be able to safely pick it out one piece at a time. Just be sure to verify that it didn't overwrite something during the installation. If it did, you'll have to put a copy of the original back.
Good luck!
Carl
Checkinstall does not seem to work. I found the packages and renamed them. Then ran the make and make install for the 0.4.2, then the checkinstall. Maybe because there is no configure script for it. Art