From: James Britt <james.britt@...>
Date: 2006-12-22T00:12:39+09:00
Subject: Re: Remove Ruby 1.8.5?

Simon Strandgaard wrote:
> On 12/21/06, Christopher Latif <christopherl@bredband.net> wrote:
>> How do I remove Ruby 1.8.5 from linux? I have built it from source.
> 
> I don't know how to remove ruby. However I just want to share a
> great tool with you that helps avoiding just this situation.
> http://www.gnu.org/software/stow/


This is very slick.  Thanks for the tip.

> 
> 
> the installation procedure is slightly longer when installing,
> but easy when uninstalling.
> 
> this is the typical install procedure
> prompt> cd ~/stow
> prompt> mkdir leopard
> prompt> cd ~/leopard/src
> prompt> ./configure --prefix=/home/user/stow/leopard
> prompt> make
> prompt> make install
> prompt> cd ~/stow
> prompt> stow leopard
> 
> 
> this is the uninstall procedure
> prompt> cd ~/stow
> prompt> stow -D vista
> 

Man, people just never let up.  Even at Christmas!

:)


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James Britt

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