uninstall python2.5 on debian

[dimitri pater]

Hello,
both python2.3 and python2.5 are installed on my Debian webserver. For
some reason, I would like to uninstall Python2.5 which was installed
from source (make install) and keep 2.3.
I have tried make uninstall and searched the web, but that did not help me.
I guess rm -Rf python2.5 is not a wise thing to do.

thanks,
Dimitri

 

[Lawrence D'Oliveiro]

I would like to uninstall Python2.5 which was installed
from source (make install) and keep 2.3.

How about doing the make install again, and making a note of which files
were installed, and removing those?

 

[cyberco]

Hello,
both python2.3 and python2.5 are installed on my Debian webserver. For
some reason, I would like to uninstall Python2.5 which was installed
from source (make install) and keep 2.3.
I have tried make uninstall and searched the web, but that did not help me.
I guess rm -Rf python2.5 is not a wise thing to do.

thanks,
Dimitri

--

I'm not sure if this is what you're looking for, but in /usr/bin/
there is a symbolic link named 'python' that points to a python
version in the same directory. I had the same issue and just
redirected the pointer (deleted the old one and created an new one
with the same name that pointed to the python version I wanted to use
when invoking 'python'). Having said that, the other python version is
still installed...(which was no problem at all in my case).

 

[=?ISO-8859-1?Q?=22Martin_v=2E_L=F6wis=22?=]

I have tried make uninstall and searched the web, but that did not help me.

I guess rm -Rf python2.5 is not a wise thing to do.

It's part of the solution. There is no automated install procedure; you
have to manually remove everything that got installed. In <prefix>/bin,
it's most files that have 2.5 in their name, plus any links to them. In
<prefix>/lib, it's python2.5. In <prefix>/include, it's python2.5. Plus
a few things that I probably forgot.

Regards,
Martin