> when i install a package without the rpm tool cause its not rpm
> package like configure , make , make install
>
> how can i uninstall it later ?
If possible, configure it using --prefix so that everything belonging to
it gets installed in the same place, which will make removing it easy. I
prefer to install into /usr/local/<application>/<version> so that I can
retain old versions while installing a new one. There will be some work
to do to make executables available in users' paths. I do it by
creating a symbolic link 'current' pointing to the current version, and
making links of the contents of current's bin (in terms of current so
that they don't change when I switch versions) in /usr/local/bin.
GNU Stow (http://www.gnu.org/software/stow/), not that I use it, has
formalised this approach:
GNU Stow helps the sysadmin organise files under /usr/local/ by
allowing each piece of software to be installed in its own tree
under /usr/local/stow/, and then using symlinks to create the
illusion that all the software is installed in the same place.
Jim
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