Deleting previous builds

[ordak]

Hi,

I have downloaded and built several Code::Blocks on Ubuntu. Can I move them to trash ?

[BlueHazzard]

depends how you build them. Did you do a "make install"? If not you can simply delete it....

[ordak]

depends how you build them. Did you do a "make install"? If not you can simply delete it....

As the last command I used :

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sudo make install

[oBFusCATed]

If you've not used a separate prefix for all of them, but you've used the default of /usr/local, your doomed. They cannot be removed.

[BlueHazzard]

If you've not used a separate prefix for all of them, but you've used the default of /usr/local, your doomed. They cannot be removed.

Is there no uninstall rule? That's a shame...

[EDIT:] this might help https://stackoverflow.com/questions/1506462/what-files-did-make-install-copy-and-where

[oBFusCATed]

The uninstall rule uses the current build folder config to do the uninstall.
So if you're at version x, but you've installed version y. You might be out-of-luck if you want reliable uninstall.

[Jenna]

If you've not used a separate prefix for all of them, but you've used the default of /usr/local, your doomed. They cannot be removed.

Is there no uninstall rule? That's a shame...

[EDIT:] this might help https://stackoverflow.com/questions/1506462/what-files-did-make-install-copy-and-where

It's there, of course, but:

The uninstall rule uses the current build folder config to do the uninstall.
So if you're at version x, but you've installed version y. You might be out-of-luck if you want reliable uninstall.

If you make an change to the build-system you are probably lost.
You have to run uninstall before making changes or use the --prefix parameter when running configure to install in a seperate (if possible user-) folder to easily remove all files and not to clutter system folder.
No sudo needed and recommended not to use it, or you clutter your system folders with test-builds.
There have been several posts about the same problem in our forum.