From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Emanuel Berg Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.help Subject: Re: How to uninstall Emacs? Date: Fri, 10 Apr 2015 00:48:33 +0200 Organization: Aioe.org NNTP Server Message-ID: <87k2xkq5oe.fsf@debian.uxu> References: NNTP-Posting-Host: plane.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain X-Trace: ger.gmane.org 1428619519 25015 80.91.229.3 (9 Apr 2015 22:45:19 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@ger.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Thu, 9 Apr 2015 22:45:19 +0000 (UTC) To: help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org Original-X-From: help-gnu-emacs-bounces+geh-help-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Fri Apr 10 00:45:19 2015 Return-path: Envelope-to: geh-help-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org Original-Received: from lists.gnu.org ([208.118.235.17]) by plane.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 4.69) (envelope-from ) id 1YgLCH-0001Ga-H6 for geh-help-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Fri, 10 Apr 2015 00:45:17 +0200 Original-Received: from localhost ([::1]:36844 helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1YgLCG-0006B5-QZ for geh-help-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Thu, 09 Apr 2015 18:45:16 -0400 Original-Path: usenet.stanford.edu!news.kjsl.com!feeder.erje.net!eu.feeder.erje.net!weretis.net!feeder4.news.weretis.net!news.mixmin.net!aioe.org!.POSTED!not-for-mail Original-Newsgroups: gnu.emacs.help Original-Lines: 39 Original-NNTP-Posting-Host: feB02bRejf23rfBm51Mt7Q.user.speranza.aioe.org Original-X-Complaints-To: abuse@aioe.org User-Agent: Gnus/5.13 (Gnus v5.13) Emacs/24.4 (gnu/linux) X-Notice: Filtered by postfilter v. 0.8.2 Cancel-Lock: sha1:LWmUr8eRb46iYFseqlJb1otqZyM= Mail-Copies-To: never Original-Xref: usenet.stanford.edu gnu.emacs.help:211332 X-BeenThere: help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.14 Precedence: list List-Id: Users list for the GNU Emacs text editor List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Errors-To: help-gnu-emacs-bounces+geh-help-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Original-Sender: help-gnu-emacs-bounces+geh-help-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Xref: news.gmane.org gmane.emacs.help:103614 Archived-At: Jorge writes: > To be able to easily uninstall Emacs, I installed it > in a prefix. Configure it with: $ ./configure > --prefix=/usr/local/$emacs_version Then when you > type: $ sudo make install it will install into the > chosen prefix. Then create symlinks into > /usr/local/bin: $ sudo ln -sirv $prefix/bin/* > /usr/local/bin > > Later, to uninstall: $ sudo rm -rI $prefix $ find -L > -type l /usr/local/bin links in /usr/local/bin. Confirm you want to remove > them all> $ sudo find -L -type l /usr/local/bin -exec > rm {} + On an aptitude system (e.g. Debian, the Ubuntus, and so on) you don't have to bother uninstalling programs because they are just binaries (and sometimes scripts) that lie passively unless you invoke them: they are put into their respective boxes in the filesystem and do not interfere with other programs - they are also small, so disk space shortage cannot be remedied that way either. The package manager is the best way to not have to deal with the make, configure, and 'make install' dance, and you don't have to fiddle the symlinks, either. Of course it is still possible to uninstall - sudo aptitude remove - but that is mostly done (seldom) when the upgrade/installation process has had some dust in its machinery and you need to give it a fresh start. -- underground experts united http://user.it.uu.se/~embe8573