Couldnot unistall apps, installed by "make"

[Ed Wilts]

Yin Ming wrote:
> "Make" an application is always exciting for me, because it is born by
> my box, rather than those compiled RPMs. But the damage comes out soon.
> 
> I cannot uninstall them entirely. Many of them don't write an UNINSTALL
> or something else. And, differing from Win, unix applications like to cp
> their files everywhere, I have to cd every directory and shout "Hey, who
> belong to XXX app? I'll rm you with -f" 
> 
> Anyway to control the files and settings of those "make"ed apps?

http://asic-linux.com.mx/~izto/checkinstall/

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Ed Wilts, Mounds View, MN, USA
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