Make Install vs Yum Install

[Alexander Apprich]

Hi Ali,

Ali Helmy wrote:
> Hey mates,
> 
> When I do the regular install dance [./configure, make, make install] 
> the problem I end up with, is that the installed program does not show 
> on yum, so I cannot update/remove/etc...
> 

yum is a frontend for the rpm database/packages. If you do a
./configure, make, make install then you install something without
having a rpm package. Most of the software have an uninstall
section in the makefile, so if you change into your source
directory do a make uninstall.

Hth

Alex