uninstall a file .tar.gz

[Geoffrey Leach]

On 09.05 09:48, James Wilkinson wrote:
> Liloulinx wrote:
> > How to uninstall a package installed with namefile.tar.gz?
> 
> With difficulty.

It's a tad late for this advice, but for next time install with stow  
http://www.gnu.ai.mit.edu/software/stow/stow.html Stow (a Perl script)  
keeps track of all the files installed by installing them in a seperate  
directory (/usr/local/stow) and then making links in the usual places  
to the files in /usr/local/stow. From here, uninstalling is  
straightforward.