[SOLVED] How to uninstall PHP?

JamesGT · 10-10-2010, 11:12 PM

I am running Slackware 12.2 on my webserver and I've configured and compiled PHP from source.

I'd like to uninstall it, but there is no package. I've never tried to remove software without a package before. Do I just delete all the directories PHP is in?

brixtoncalling · 10-10-2010, 11:58 PM

If you still have the source, try "make uninstall".

JamesGT · 10-11-2010, 09:25 PM

"No rule to make target "make uninstall"".

Richard Cranium · 10-11-2010, 11:08 PM

Use src2pkg with the same configuration parameters that you used to build the original code; that should result in a package with the same files in it. Install the package and uninstall it.

BrZ · 10-11-2010, 11:13 PM

configure with the same settings and build again before 'make uninstall'. if it fail, create /tmp/php and do 'make install DESTDIR=/tmp/php'. check it and remove the files by hand. dirty but should work...

JamesGT · 10-13-2010, 09:07 PM

That didn't work too well. Gives me an error that php-5.3.0.tar.gz is not a valid archive.

Code:

gzip: stdin: not in gzip format
tar: Child returned status 1
tar: Error exit delayed from previous errors
FAILED!
This may be caused by a defective or non-tar archive. Exiting...

Richard Cranium · 10-14-2010, 01:16 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by JamesGT

That didn't work too well. Gives me an error that php-5.3.0.tar.gz is not a valid archive.

Code:

gzip: stdin: not in gzip format
tar: Child returned status 1
tar: Error exit delayed from previous errors
FAILED!
This may be caused by a defective or non-tar archive. Exiting...

Umm, what didn't work too well?

JamesGT · 10-14-2010, 07:00 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Richard Cranium

Umm, what didn't work too well?

Sorry...

Code:

src2pkg http://www.php.net/get/php-5.3.0.tar.gz/from/ro2.php.net/mirror

gives...

Code:

gzip: stdin: not in gzip format
tar: Child returned status 1
tar: Error exit delayed from previous errors
FAILED!
This may be caused by a defective or non-tar archive. Exiting...

JamesGT · 10-18-2010, 07:33 PM

What would happen if I did...

Code:

whereis php

and deleted everything it listed, then recompiled from scratch to put all the files back with the new configuration parameters? Would that work or would it make it horribly worse?

JamesGT · 11-03-2010, 06:47 AM

That worked.

I went through and deleted all the folders where it pointed to PHP with "whereis", deleted the php.ini file under /etc/httpd and recompiled from source. It put everything back and it runs like it should with it's new compiled configuration.

annyphp · 11-27-2010, 12:02 AM

You can click "make uninstall".

dive · 11-27-2010, 09:16 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by JamesGT

Code:

src2pkg http://www.php.net/get/php-5.3.0.tar.gz/from/ro2.php.net/mirror

Does src2pkg even work via net like that? Why not download the tar and do it?

JamesGT · 11-28-2010, 08:37 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by annyphp

You can click "make uninstall".

I tried make uninstall but it didn't work, see above.

JamesGT · 11-28-2010, 08:38 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by dive

Does src2pkg even work via net like that? Why not download the tar and do it?

I downloaded the tar and did it as well, I got the same error.