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uninstall the source install - Oroshi - 2004-01-07


i installed the fluxbox from the source.

 

when i uninstall it by using make distclean. then programming running. it supposed to delete all the files from like /usr/share/blah/fluxbox. but it didn't it left it there. and when i try to install the newer version, it supposed overwrite or install it as fresh, when i attempt to login the fluxbox, the version is till on the old one from source :(

 

how do i get rid of that idiot source??




uninstall the source install - lytez - 2004-01-08

should have used checkinstall from the beginning :P