[Tfug] Uninstalling sane-backends

[Choprboy]

On Monday 24 March 2003 01:10 am, me wrote:
> I am trying to uninstall sane-backends-1.0.8 from my RedHat 8.0 system.
> Uninstalling this version of sane-backends had to take place before I can
> install a newer version, sane-backends-1.0.11 w/ a umax1220p patch.
> The directory that sane-backends is /usr/share/doc/sane-backends-1.0.8. I
> have read the README document in this directory. Iln this README document
> it instructs me to cd to the directory & type the command 'make uninstall'.
> I have done this with no success. I have tried useing 'make uninstall
> -help' which will list what to do. So far I have not been successfull at
> uninstalling sane-backends-1.0.8.
> How do I uninstall sane-backends-1.0.8?
>

"rpm -e sane-backends"


Or, if you have an RPM package for the update, change to the directory with 
the RPM and do a:

"rpm -Uvh sane-backends-<version>.rpm"


Adrian