How do I uninstall a compiled version of gimp?

Hi, I compiled the latest stable version of gimp, but I want to go back to the one in the repositories, how do I uninstall the compiled version?

Wouldn't this work?

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sudo dpkg --purge gimp

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Originally Posted by foxmulder881

Wouldn't this work?

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Not if I compiled it from source.

Does Synaptic see it?

Also, there should be a README file in the tarball. Check that as it may contain removal instructions.

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Originally Posted by foxmulder881

Does Synaptic see it?

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Nope, synaptic only sees things that were installed as packages. I think. But I can't see it anyways.

If you installed with "sudo make install" then cd back to build dir. and run "sudo make uninstall"

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if you've removed the build (source) dir. then you can manually remove, unless specified then it would have installed to /usr/local/*
(usr/local/bin, /usr/local/share, ect. ect.

(you could also rebuild the gimp source as before, run a sudo make install followed by a sudo make uninstall

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Originally Posted by mc4man

If you installed with "sudo make install" then cd back to build dir. and run "sudo make uninstall"

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if you've removed the build (source) dir. then you can manually remove, unless specified then it would have installed to /usr/local/*
(usr/local/bin, /usr/local/share, ect. ect.

(you could also rebuild the gimp source as before, run a sudo make install followed by a sudo make uninstall

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I still had the source in a folder, so "sudo make uninstall" worked. Thanks :)