Removing a programme that doesn't have an uninstall binary 2

[bazil2]

(Elementary user)

I have an installation of Opene Office on a RHEL 5 server.

It is located here: /opt/openoffice.org2.1/

I can't find an uninstall binary, can anyone tell me if there is a way to remove this using the command line?

Best regards

 

[SamBones]

Here's a start...

# as root
cd /opt
rm -rf openoffice.org2.1

Then, look in [tt]/etc[/tt], [tt]/etc/init.d[/tt], and [tt]/etc/rc*.d[/tt] for any supporting startup or config files.

Also, any user that has used it may have supporting files or directories in their home directory, but it's safe to leave these in case you ever decide to reinstall it.

 

[IPGuru]

if you do reinstall use yum or rpm it will make things much easier

ie
yum install openoffice.org-writer

should install writer without any problems (& upgrade when updates are released)


I do not Have A.D.D. im just easily, Hey look a Squirrel!

 

[stefanwagner]

he want's to uninstall, not reinstall.

But I guess yum or rpm is still the right way - using ubuntu there are similar, but other package-managements.

Binary uninstallers are very uncommon on linux.

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http://home.arcor.de/hirnstrom/minis/index.html

 

[w1nn3r]

Assuming he used the old ./configure && make && make install you should be able to go back into the install directory and run make uninstall