From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: in-call@gmx.net Subject: Re: Uninstalling Git Date: Sun, 23 Sep 2007 21:47:47 +0200 Message-ID: <46F6C2E3.8020405@gmx.net> References: <46F6B0CC.3040000@gmx.net> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit To: git@vger.kernel.org X-From: git-owner@vger.kernel.org Sun Sep 23 21:48:04 2007 Return-path: Envelope-to: gcvg-git-2@gmane.org Received: from vger.kernel.org ([209.132.176.167]) by lo.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 4.50) id 1IZXQr-0002Kp-KX for gcvg-git-2@gmane.org; Sun, 23 Sep 2007 21:47:58 +0200 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1752719AbXIWTrv (ORCPT ); Sun, 23 Sep 2007 15:47:51 -0400 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S1752604AbXIWTrv (ORCPT ); Sun, 23 Sep 2007 15:47:51 -0400 Received: from mail.gmx.net ([213.165.64.20]:40697 "HELO mail.gmx.net" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with SMTP id S1752047AbXIWTru (ORCPT ); Sun, 23 Sep 2007 15:47:50 -0400 Received: (qmail invoked by alias); 23 Sep 2007 19:47:48 -0000 Received: from unknown (EHLO [192.168.1.3]) [89.128.218.41] by mail.gmx.net (mp020) with SMTP; 23 Sep 2007 21:47:48 +0200 X-Authenticated: #11018450 X-Provags-ID: V01U2FsdGVkX1/vX6JsE2PvMxZthYLAvthj6dacCceF2oy414J+v7 d7m3OHMDytiMWv User-Agent: Thunderbird 1.5.0.13 (X11/20070824) In-Reply-To: X-Y-GMX-Trusted: 0 Sender: git-owner@vger.kernel.org Precedence: bulk X-Mailing-List: git@vger.kernel.org Archived-At: Hello! Oh! great solution! I didn't know this tool, I'll do that! Thanks a lot! Johannes Schindelin wrote: > Hi, > > On Sun, 23 Sep 2007, in-call@gmx.net wrote: > >> $ make configure >> $ ./configure --prefix=/usr/local >> $ make all doc >> $ sudo make install install-doc >> >> First, I'd like to uninstall the thing completely, how do I do that? > > I'd use checkinstall to install it (again), and then use the distro's > regular tools; in case of Ubuntu, that would be dpkg I believe. > >> Second, what would be the correct procedure to follow if I would like >> just to upgrade to a newer version? install over the older perhaps? Is >> that always safe in the sense that there won't be any dangling piece of >> bin nor doc? > > On Linux this should be safe at all times. > > Hth, > Dscho >