A little while ago, I installed Node.js version 0.2.1 using these commands on Mac OSX:
./configure
make
sudo make install I recently installed Homebrew, so now my preference is to use it to manage my installs. I installed Node.js version 0.4.5 today with the following command:
brew node
But I noticed that I've still got the old version of Node.js lying around in these directories:
/usr/local/include/node/
/usr/local/lib/node/What is the proper way to uninstall Node.js that was installed using the sudo make technque?
Thanks in advance
4 Answers
There is no "proper" way. The make install just puts the files directly in place and there's no manifest to track what was installed as of that. You just need to find the relevant files and delete them.
One thing you can do is find the files created within a couple of minutes of the binary you know is part of the package, since that will give you a starting point for you to filter down.
2Go to the folder from where you installed node using make install and type
make uninstallIf you happened to have used brew to install it initially (), you can use the command:
brew uninstall nodeIn my case, this worked for me.
Method 1
From the source folder:
#make uninstall
Method 2
If there is no uninstall procedure:
open install_manifest.txt (created by
#make install)remove all the directories/files listed
remove any remaining files you missed:
#xargs rm < install_manifest.txtremove any hidden directories/files:
$rm -rf ~/.packagename
Remove the source folder.
Method 3
If none of the above options work, view the install procedure:
#make -n install
and reverse the install procedure:
- Uninstall all software packages installed, by e.g.
#yum remove packagename #rm -rf all directories/files created
Example
For example, this is how to uninstall nodejs, npm, and nvm from source:
which you can apply the above methods to.
