How can I clean my system .... ???
I downloaded winex and tried to install it. It couln't. I deleted the source directory, and when i try to install the other versions(i download them and install) they tell me that "old version is found" and don't install. How can I clean my system from older installations of winex if there is no more source directories(from where they were installed) ??? Can anyone advice the command like "rm *wine*" or something?
* pacak <magre@hot.ee> [Oct 28. 2002 09:49]:
I downloaded winex and tried to install it. It couln't. I deleted the source directory, and when i try to install the other versions(i download them and install) they tell me that "old version is found" and don't install.
Saving the old source is good, since there often is a make uninstall target knowing where it went.
How can I clean my system from older installations of winex if there is no more source directories(from where they were installed) ??? Can anyone advice the command like "rm *wine*" or something?
It's a little work. Unpack the same sources you installed, configure them and compile them. But instead of doing 'make install' do a 'make -n install'. Then make just outputs the commands. Pipe that to a file, and go through it to find all the stuff it installed. Do a find on your system, and remove them. I can really recommend 'stow' for people who install from source, it's perfect for it. http://www.gnu.org/software/stow/stow.html -- Mads Martin Jørgensen, http://mmj.dk [Favorite flag: Cloaking] "Why make things difficult, when it is possible to make them cryptic and totally illogic, with just a little bit more effort?" -- A. P. J.
* Mads Martin Joergensen; <mmj@suse.de> on 28 Oct, 2002 wrote:
* pacak <magre@hot.ee> [Oct 28. 2002 09:49]:
How can I clean my system from older installations of winex if there is no more source directories(from where they were installed) ??? Can anyone advice the command like "rm *wine*" or something?
It's a little work. Unpack the same sources you installed, configure them and compile them. But instead of doing 'make install' do a 'make -n install'. Then make just outputs the commands. Pipe that to a file, and go through it to find all the stuff it installed. Do a find on your system, and remove them.
before doing a "make -n install" either read the Makefile to see if there is something uninstall or just try "make uninstall" -- Togan Muftuoglu Unofficial SuSE FAQ Maintainer http://dinamizm.ath.cx
* Togan Muftuoglu <toganm@dinamizm.com> [Oct 28. 2002 10:55]:
How can I clean my system from older installations of winex if there is no more source directories(from where they were installed) ??? Can anyone advice the command like "rm *wine*" or something?
It's a little work. Unpack the same sources you installed, configure them and compile them. But instead of doing 'make install' do a 'make -n install'. Then make just outputs the commands. Pipe that to a file, and go through it to find all the stuff it installed. Do a find on your system, and remove them.
before doing a "make -n install" either read the Makefile to see if there is something uninstall or just try "make uninstall"
He did not have his original configured sources from where he installed, so he might not be uninstalling correctly. -- Mads Martin Jørgensen, http://mmj.dk [Favorite flag: Cloaking] "Why make things difficult, when it is possible to make them cryptic and totally illogic, with just a little bit more effort?" -- A. P. J.
* Mads Martin Joergensen; <mmj@suse.de> on 28 Oct, 2002 wrote:
* Togan Muftuoglu <toganm@dinamizm.com> [Oct 28. 2002 10:55]:
before doing a "make -n install" either read the Makefile to see if there is something uninstall or just try "make uninstall"
He did not have his original configured sources from where he installed, so he might not be uninstalling correctly.
Sorry Mads but does not make sense to me, you have instructed him to get the sourceball configure and then make -n install, so rather then issuing make -n in I just suggested make uninstall. Unless I need more coffee I do not see a valid reason why not issue uninstall ? -- Togan Muftuoglu Unofficial SuSE FAQ Maintainer http://dinamizm.ath.cx
* Togan Muftuoglu <toganm@dinamizm.com> [Oct 28. 2002 11:08]:
before doing a "make -n install" either read the Makefile to see if there is something uninstall or just try "make uninstall"
He did not have his original configured sources from where he installed, so he might not be uninstalling correctly.
Sorry Mads but does not make sense to me, you have instructed him to get the sourceball configure and then make -n install, so rather then issuing make -n in I just suggested make uninstall. Unless I need more coffee I do not see a valid reason why not issue uninstall ?
Back then he might have configured it to install somewhere else, or similar. Then he might remove files he did not want to if he's reconfiguring with options not like before. If he knows the origianal configure options, then it's fine with make uninstall. But if he does not, a make -n install will tell him binary names he can locate with find. Automated-not-100%-percent-sure-about-uninstalls is just something I think should be handled with care. Anyway, it might just work with make uninstall. -- Mads Martin Jørgensen, http://mmj.dk [Favorite flag: Cloaking] "Why make things difficult, when it is possible to make them cryptic and totally illogic, with just a little bit more effort?" -- A. P. J.
How you have installed wineX? With "make install"? if so, do it again with "checkinstall", it will build an rpm wineX and overwrite existing orphaned wineX files, then simply remmove it using rpm -e ... On Monday, October 28, 2002, at 10:58 AM, pacak wrote:
I downloaded winex and tried to install it. It couln't. I deleted the source directory, and when i try to install the other versions(i download them and install) they tell me that "old version is found" and don't install.
How can I clean my system from older installations of winex if there is no more source directories(from where they were installed) ??? Can anyone advice the command like "rm *wine*" or something?
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On Mon, 28 Oct 2002 07:58 pm, pacak wrote:
I downloaded winex and tried to install it. It couln't. I deleted the source directory, and when i try to install the other versions(i download them and install) they tell me that "old version is found" and don't install.
How can I clean my system from older installations of winex if there is no more source directories(from where they were installed) ??? Can anyone advice the command like "rm *wine*" or something?
Hi, I have not installed winex, is it installed as root or a user? Just a thought, check your home directory and the /root directory for any hidden directories/files with obious names which relate to wine. Also have a look at the /etc directory for a config file. Any files you think relate to wine just rename them and try installing again. Good luck! Regards, Graham Smith ---------------------------------------------------------
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