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From: Johannes Schindelin <Johannes.Schindelin@gmx.de>
To: in-call@gmx.net
Cc: git@vger.kernel.org
Subject: Re: Uninstalling Git
Date: Sun, 23 Sep 2007 20:31:06 +0100 (BST)	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <Pine.LNX.4.64.0709232029490.28395@racer.site> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <46F6B0CC.3040000@gmx.net>

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

  parent reply	other threads:[~2007-09-23 19:32 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 7+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2007-09-23 18:30 Uninstalling Git in-call
2007-09-23 19:06 ` David Kastrup
2007-09-23 19:31 ` Johannes Schindelin [this message]
2007-09-23 19:47   ` in-call
  -- strict thread matches above, loose matches on Subject: below --
2008-07-08  4:57 uninstalling Git Christian Jaeger
2008-07-08  5:30 ` Eric Hanchrow
2008-07-08  6:28   ` Matthieu Moy

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