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Sam Westrick @shwestrick.bsky.social · 07/08/2025

came across this nice writeup for managing uninstalls on Unix-like systems, especially for packages that don't provide any sort of `make uninstall` target: gist.github.com/ruario/a3605...

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Uninstalling (removing) a package installed via make install. No make uninstall target required

Uninstalling (removing) a package installed via make install. No make uninstall target required - make-install-remove.md

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Sam Westrick @shwestrick.bsky.social · 07/08/2025

I'm usually allergic to `make install` because it converts something that used to be nice and self-contained into something that is entirely impossible to keep track of. But this helps a little.

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