Is there a way to remove compiled from source programs rather than make uninstall? Can we take snapshots of filesystem before and after installation and take a diff and remove the installation? Also please tell me how to do it? May i know how can I take snapshot of filesystem before and after installation and take difference? Please I have limited knowledge in this.
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Don't install from source. Period. Use a build server to build custom packages if you need and then install those. Building packages is way too simple to not do this. – EEAA Apr 05 '14 at 12:15
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The preferred and professional way to install/remove software is via the system's package manager, if necessary by locally build packages. This takes care of your problems in a sane and manageable way.
Using file system diffs would require a otherwise quiet system that doesn't create/change files during this whole procedure. This usually is impossible.
There are tools like
installwatchthat watch the install procedure and logs what happens and use this e.g. to create packages, but they are not available everywhere.
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