Re: Uninstalling software in Linux

2006-08-19 Thread Angel Tsankov
I've really found no other problems with it. Install, uninstall, monitor. It all works quite well for me, but there was an aggravating learning curve. Additionally, like the hint promises, I really know my system and now I understand Makefules. Did you have to change makefiles too often?

Re: Uninstalling software in Linux

2006-08-18 Thread Dan McGhee
Angel Tsankov wrote: I've really found no other problems with it. Install, uninstall, monitor. It all works quite well for me, but there was an aggravating learning curve. Additionally, like the hint promises, I really know my system and now I understand Makefules. Did you have to change

Re: Uninstalling software in Linux

2006-08-18 Thread Angel Tsankov
I've really found no other problems with it. Install, uninstall, monitor. It all works quite well for me, but there was an aggravating learning curve. Additionally, like the hint promises, I really know my system and now I understand Makefules. Did you have to change makefiles too often? An

Re: Uninstalling software in Linux

2006-08-18 Thread Dan McGhee
Angel Tsankov wrote: I've really found no other problems with it. Install, uninstall, monitor. It all works quite well for me, but there was an aggravating learning curve. Additionally, like the hint promises, I really know my system and now I understand Makefules. Did you have to change

Re: Uninstalling software in Linux

2006-08-17 Thread Matthias B.
On Thu, 17 Aug 2006 17:54:15 +0300 "Angel Tsankov" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Did you have to change makefiles too often? And was it makefiles or > makefile.in's? -- Having to change Makefiles is a rare occurrence because the wrappers deal with almost everything automatically. If you do have t

Re: Uninstalling software in Linux

2006-08-17 Thread Angel Tsankov
Angel Tsankov wrote: Has someone tried out Matthias Benkmann's package users approach to package management? If so, could you please answer the following questions: -did you encounter any unexpected problems, e.g. ones not mentioned in the hint at http://www.linuxfromscratch.org/hints/download

Re: Uninstalling software in Linux

2006-08-17 Thread Dan McGhee
Chris Staub wrote: Angel Tsankov wrote: Has someone tried out Matthias Benkmann's package users approach to package management? If so, could you please answer the following questions: -did you encounter any unexpected problems, e.g. ones not mentioned in the hint at http://www.linuxfromscratc

Re: Uninstalling software in Linux

2006-08-16 Thread Dave Abergel
Angel Tsankov wrote: The LFS book says how to install certain applications but it does not say anything about uninstalling software. How does Linux handle uninstalling software? Has someone tried out Matthias Benkmann's package users approach to package management? If so, could you please ans

Re: Uninstalling software in Linux

2006-08-16 Thread Chris Staub
Angel Tsankov wrote: Has someone tried out Matthias Benkmann's package users approach to package management? If so, could you please answer the following questions: -did you encounter any unexpected problems, e.g. ones not mentioned in the hint at http://www.linuxfromscratch.org/hints/downloads

Re: Uninstalling software in Linux

2006-08-16 Thread Angel Tsankov
The LFS book says how to install certain applications but it does not say anything about uninstalling software. How does Linux handle uninstalling software? Has someone tried out Matthias Benkmann's package users approach to package management? If so, could you please answer the following quest

Re: Uninstalling software in Linux

2006-08-15 Thread Ken Moffat
On Tue, Aug 15, 2006 at 05:11:51PM +0300, Angel Tsankov wrote: > > It seems to me that the best way to go (for a Linux novice like me) is to > use the uninstall target of makefiles, if one is available. > Generally speaking, the doer of smth should also be the one who can best > undo it. Anythin

Re: Uninstalling software in Linux

2006-08-15 Thread Angel Tsankov
Really simple way: Run ./configure and make as usual, but don't make install yet. Run touch /baseline (any file works) to set a baseline date. Run make install. Run find / -cnewer /baseline | sed -e '/^\/proc/d' -e '^\/sys/d' > /packagename.txt . This will show all of the files that were updated

Re: Uninstalling software in Linux

2006-08-15 Thread Brandon Peirce
Angel Tsankov wrote: Really simple way: Run ./configure and make as usual, but don't make install yet. Run touch /baseline (any file works) to set a baseline date. Run make install. Run find / -cnewer /baseline | sed -e '/^\/proc/d' -e '^\/sys/d' > /packagename.txt . This will show all of the f

Re: Uninstalling software in Linux

2006-08-15 Thread Angel Tsankov
Really simple way: Run ./configure and make as usual, but don't make install yet. Run touch /baseline (any file works) to set a baseline date. Run make install. Run find / -cnewer /baseline | sed -e '/^\/proc/d' -e '^\/sys/d' > /packagename.txt . This will show all of the files that were updated

Re: Uninstalling software in Linux

2006-08-14 Thread veritosproject
Really simple way: Run ./configure and make as usual, but don't make install yet. Run touch /baseline (any file works) to set a baseline date. Run make install. Run find / -cnewer /baseline | sed -e '/^\/proc/d' -e '^\/sys/d' > /packagename.txt . This will show all of the files that were updated

Re: Uninstalling software in Linux

2006-08-14 Thread Dan Nicholson
On 8/14/06, Angel Tsankov <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: The LFS book says how to install certain applications but it does not say anything about uninstalling software. How does Linux handle uninstalling software? Some packages (mostly those created from the autotools) will supply an uninstall tar

Uninstalling software in Linux

2006-08-14 Thread Angel Tsankov
The LFS book says how to install certain applications but it does not say anything about uninstalling software. How does Linux handle uninstalling software? -- http://linuxfromscratch.org/mailman/listinfo/lfs-support FAQ: http://www.linuxfromscratch.org/lfs/faq.html Unsubscribe: See the above i