From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Johannes Schindelin Subject: Re: Uninstalling Git Date: Sun, 23 Sep 2007 20:31:06 +0100 (BST) Message-ID: References: <46F6B0CC.3040000@gmx.net> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII Cc: git@vger.kernel.org To: in-call@gmx.net X-From: git-owner@vger.kernel.org Sun Sep 23 21:32:18 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 1IZXBg-0006ba-89 for gcvg-git-2@gmane.org; Sun, 23 Sep 2007 21:32:16 +0200 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1751730AbXIWTcK (ORCPT ); Sun, 23 Sep 2007 15:32:10 -0400 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S1751120AbXIWTcI (ORCPT ); Sun, 23 Sep 2007 15:32:08 -0400 Received: from mail.gmx.net ([213.165.64.20]:41889 "HELO mail.gmx.net" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with SMTP id S1751730AbXIWTcH (ORCPT ); Sun, 23 Sep 2007 15:32:07 -0400 Received: (qmail invoked by alias); 23 Sep 2007 19:32:06 -0000 Received: from wbgn013.biozentrum.uni-wuerzburg.de (EHLO openvpn-client) [132.187.25.13] by mail.gmx.net (mp054) with SMTP; 23 Sep 2007 21:32:06 +0200 X-Authenticated: #1490710 X-Provags-ID: V01U2FsdGVkX19DCWlxDQFDZRVYvM0W3VAXHI8bGHCE5ZoBX9eIIC mbNwqrGmYdKUks X-X-Sender: gene099@racer.site In-Reply-To: <46F6B0CC.3040000@gmx.net> X-Y-GMX-Trusted: 0 Sender: git-owner@vger.kernel.org Precedence: bulk X-Mailing-List: git@vger.kernel.org Archived-At: 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