Uninstalling in Linux

After some researching, the way I get it, if I do the following to install a program

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./configure
make
make install

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if the uninstall option in Makefile is not available, then I can't uninstall the program with

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make uninstall

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Right???

So, tell me how would I remove this php installation 'cause I need to start over?

When I do make uninstall it gives

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make: *** No rule to make target 'uninstall'. Stop.

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did you try the readme?

it's kind of application specific...you could just delete the folder and remove the references to php from your http.conf (if you're using apache that is).

There's no readme for uninstalling.
I did whereis php and it returns

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php:  /usr/local/bin/php  /usr/local/lib/php /usr/local/lib/php.ini

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Do I just delete those?

I know how to remove php's reference in http.conf

Since it's rare to find an uninstall option in a makefile, some people kludge the uninstall by re-installing the the package by compiling from the same source, running a make, then before installing ,build an .RPM package and install with that. Then use .RPM (or .deb or whatever package management system your distro uses) to remove the install.

Here's a link to help walk you through it....http://www.linuxexposed.com/Articles...packages!.html

Helpful stuff. Thnx a lot.

You can use another way:

PHP's configure has a --prefix option, which you can use do centralize PHP files (ex. in /usr/php). So if you want to uninstall PHP you simply delete that directory and you're finished. But if you want to access PHP binary files from anywhere (not from /usr/php/bin) you'll have to update your path.

Scribbler's solutions works the thing too ;)

Hmm, so if you specify the installation directory, *everything* will be installed installed into that directory? Is it guaranteed for any programs available out there?

As I tested, Apache and PHP...I'm not sure for other programs...

It will work for any program whos build/install scripts are generated using autotools. (ie> ./configure, make, make install)

Your better off using a package manager such as "apt" or "yum" though.

Yes but packages often haven't got complete installation (ex. PHP hasn't got all extensions in package (APT, RPM, TGZ, ...))....