On Sat, May 24, 2008 at 09:04:29AM -0400, Paul Cartwright wrote: > On Sat May 24 2008, Osamu Aoki wrote: > > > been so long now, either I couildn't find the magic apt-get install > > > PACKAGE_NAME, then went to gnupg.org and downloaded 1.4.9, or... I really > > > don't remember. The point is, once it was installed, kmail stopped > > > working. Then it was impossible to uninstall gnupg without trashing my > > > entire installation... I don't LIKE builidng packages on my own, I HATE > > > it. If it had been fairly obvious from the synaptic package manager how > > > to do it, I would have done it that way. > > > > I think you do not need to uninstall gnupg installed by Debian. > > What you need is to remove files under /usr/local. > > > > Usually, $PATH is > > /usr/local/bin:/usr/bin:/bin:/usr/games:/usr/sbin:/sbin > > > > this means one on /usr/local/bin wins over /usr/bin or /bin. > > > > # make uninstall > > > > may be what you need. > > I fixed it by reconfiguring gnupg 1.4.9 with ./configure --prefix=/usr/bin > I'm not sure what happened when, but it USED to work...
Well... "It works" and "It is properly configured" is different thing. Installig as such is something you should avoid. http://www.debian.org/doc/manuals/reference/ch-system.en.html#s-diverse Osamu -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
