Thanks Ben!! That little script idea will certainly come very handy!!
> Message: 1 > Subject: Re: Total nOOb question: uninstalling software > From: Ben Russo <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Organization: > Date: 12 Dec 2002 14:30:31 -0500 > Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > On Wed, 2002-12-11 at 11:27, Alex RENE wrote: > > Hi all... I know, it's REALLY a nOOb type of question but... How do > you > > uninstall stuff you did not install by RPMs like from tar.gz and the > > likes ... I have WAY too many browsers installed on my machine, and > I d > > like to get rid of a few other things too... > > > > -- > > Alex RENE <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > Another thing you can do, > it takes a long time, but it does work. > > write a script that does the following > as root, I am not testing these commands, > so you might want to think about the gist of > it and then rewrite it yourself. > > mkdir /tmp/FILES > find / -type f > /tmp/FILES/filelist > cd /tmp/FILES > split --lines=50 filelist > rm filelist > for FILEBATCH in `find . -type f` > do > for AFILE in `cat $FILEBATCH` > do > rpm -qf $AFILE | grep -v "is not owned by any package" >> > /tmp/FILES/not-owned-list.txt > done > done > > Then when you are done you will have a list of the files that > are not owned by any RPMS. > > -Ben. > > > -- Alex RENE <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> -- redhat-list mailing list unsubscribe mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]?subject=unsubscribe https://listman.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/redhat-list
