Jim, Try out 'alternatives' for managing symlinks to prefixed installs, especially if you have multiple versions. Works like a charm and can be used to fix/remove links later. -Ross ----- Original Message ----- From: centos-bounces at centos.org <centos-bounces at centos.org> To: CentOS mailing list <centos at centos.org> Sent: Thu Feb 28 04:13:35 2008 Subject: Re: [CentOS] how to uninstall > when i install a package without the rpm tool cause its not rpm > package like configure , make , make install > > how can i uninstall it later ? If possible, configure it using --prefix so that everything belonging to it gets installed in the same place, which will make removing it easy. I prefer to install into /usr/local/<application>/<version> so that I can retain old versions while installing a new one. There will be some work to do to make executables available in users' paths. I do it by creating a symbolic link 'current' pointing to the current version, and making links of the contents of current's bin (in terms of current so that they don't change when I switch versions) in /usr/local/bin. GNU Stow (http://www.gnu.org/software/stow/), not that I use it, has formalised this approach: GNU Stow helps the sysadmin organise files under /usr/local/ by allowing each piece of software to be installed in its own tree under /usr/local/stow/, and then using symlinks to create the illusion that all the software is installed in the same place. Jim _______________________________________________ CentOS mailing list CentOS at centos.org http://lists.centos.org/mailman/listinfo/centos ______________________________________________________________________ This e-mail, and any attachments thereto, is intended only for use by the addressee(s) named herein and may contain legally privileged and/or confidential information. If you are not the intended recipient of this e-mail, you are hereby notified that any dissemination, distribution or copying of this e-mail, and any attachments thereto, is strictly prohibited. If you have received this e-mail in error, please immediately notify the sender and permanently delete the original and any copy or printout thereof. -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: <http://lists.centos.org/pipermail/centos/attachments/20080228/a8a99363/attachment-0005.html>