[Techtalk] Uninstalling programs in Linux
hobbit at aloss.ukuu.org.uk
hobbit at aloss.ukuu.org.uk
Wed May 1 13:08:37 EST 2002
On Wed, May 01, 2002 at 04:43:37AM -0700 or thereabouts, Marian Routh wrote:
>
> Thanks, Rebecca. I'm not talking about the rpm - I know you can get rid
> of that or save it for another installation. I'm talking about the
> actual program that is on the hard disk, taking up 234 MB of precious
> space. Since the uninstall routines apparently don't work or I'm not
> doing them correctly, can I just delete all references to the program
> and that will get rid of it? You know, delete folders, executables,
> etc. It doesn't look like Linux has a registry the way Windows does.
You could try "rpm -ql nameofpackage" and that may give you a list
of every file it installed. Maybe, perhaps. This rpm seems to be
rather an odd one. "rpm ql nameofpackage > to-nuke-list" will put it
in a file for you; you could then edit that file to remove anything
that looks like it's supposed to be there, and stuff "rm" in front
of every line and run it as a script.
Drastic, potentially dangerous, but a thought. (And someone is
bound to come up with something better after I suggest this.)
Telsa
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