Removing Software

[GBR]

I general I've used "gmake install" to install numerous applications on a system that I was unable to find the appropriate sotware depots.

How do I remove the software once it is installed?

GBR

[A. Clay Stephenson]

It all depends upon how well the makefile was done. Examine the makefiles and there may be a "remove" or at least a "cleanup" directive; if so, gmake remove will do the trick -- but this is a long shot. The installed software database won't have a clue about this software so a manual remove is needed. You are generally going to have remove these yourself, edit /etc/PATH and /etc/MANPATH, and remove any applicable data files as well as the executables. Be extremely careful when removed shared libraries because you may break far more that you think.

[A. Clay Stephenson · Accepted solution]

It all depends upon how well the makefile was done. Examine the makefiles and there may be a "remove" or at least a "cleanup" directive; if so, gmake remove will do the trick -- but this is a long shot. The installed software database won't have a clue about this software so a manual remove is needed. You are generally going to have remove these yourself, edit /etc/PATH and /etc/MANPATH, and remove any applicable data files as well as the executables. Be extremely careful when removing shared libraries because you may break far more that you think.

[GBR]

Correction

In general...

[Torsten.]

I'm always search this
http://hpux.asknet.de/
for the install depot, because it could be very hard to remove the software manually (you have to remove all entries by yourself - if you could find them all). If it is well done, there should be a "make uninstall" or whatever.

[GBR]

Torsten,

I do search the HP-UX Archiving and Porting Centre, but it's tough to find the depots for a PA-RISC 1.1 architecture, which is what I'm trying to find depots for.

Thanks for your response.

GBR

[Torsten.]

"PA-RISC 1.1" indicates old hardware running old HP-UX versions - right?

Since old hardware and OS are *really* old, don't expect news regarding this topic.

( I know about this because my system has a PA-7300 CPU only, but it is running 11.11)

Have fun!

[GBR]

Yes, I'm working with old hardware. And it's a pain in the but trying to get everything I need. I'll have to make due!