[TAG] Re: Help

[Jason Creighton]

On Mon, 8 Nov 2004 08:02:31 +0700, 
"breman" <breman at camgsm.com.kh> wrote:

> Dear Thomas Adam,
> 
> Thanks for your quick response.
> I try your uninstall connand but not success.
> I got the warning: "make: *** No rule to make target `uninstall'.  Stop"
>
> I will delete it manually.
> Can we just install again without uninstall first?

If you mean "Can I install a newer version of a package over an older
version?" the answer is "It depends, but probably yes." If none of the
file names have changed, the new files will simply overwrite the old
ones.

But I prefer to use a package like "stow" (The software Thomas
recommended) for source installs, simply because things can get ugly
when you try to do what you're trying to do now.

Jason Creighton

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