Re: [LUG] Compiling software for a newbie

[David Johnson <dj@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

piltdown wrote:
> On Thursday 09 Jan 2003 6:07 pm, Neil Stone wrote:
>
> > Paul Weaver wrote:
> >
> > > Which distribution? Mandrake? Redhat? Suse?
>
>
> Mandrake 9
>
> I'm just concerned that if I wish to get rid of the program that I have 
> installed that I won't be able to remove all the files etc. Is it much of a 
> problem?
>
> Is it best to stick to the programs which came with Mandrake or to Mandrake 
> RPMs? It's just that I used the Phoenix browser with WIndows and was 
> impressed by it and would like to have it under Linux, but am a bit wary of 
> installing it.
>
> Thanks

It is unlikely that you actually need to compile Phoenix, since it is 
available in a pre-compiled format.

Phoenix is easy to remove as all the files are contained in one 
directory (apart from a few in each user's home directory which can also 
be easily removed).


David.


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