uninstall previous version

David Shaw dshaw at jabberwocky.com
Tue Nov 25 14:03:44 CET 2003


On Tue, Nov 25, 2003 at 08:56:49AM -0800, Frank Calfo wrote:
> I just installed the new 1.2.3 version from source via the make utility and 
> all is running well.
> 
> Now, I'd like to remove the previous 1.2.1 version I have installed at 
> /usr/bin
> 
> What's the best way to remove the previous version ?  Just delete the gpg, 
> gpgv, and gpgsplit binaries from the directory ?

It depends on how you have it installed.  If the previous version was
installed via an RPM or the like, you should uninstall it the same
way.  If you installed it there manually, you can do "make uninstall"
from the gpg build directory.

David



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