Uninstall Git completely on Ubuntu?

linux bash ubuntu-10.04 uninstall git

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Solution 1

I solved this with the following step:

sudo find /usr/local -depth -iname 'git*' -exec rm -rf {} \;

That deleted all the git related files. Then used the apt-get to install git-core.

The reason behind this trouble is:

I installed git-1.7.xxx via source. But libcurl was not installed before, so that it couldn't clone the git/github repo via http:// protocol http://github.com/blog/642-smart-http-support

Solution 2

Use installwatch (aka checkinstall) to see what it actually installed, then delete the files. Note, this requires running make install again, just under installwatch.

Check, first to make sure an uninstall target does not exist (e.g try make uninstall). make help might also be of use.

Unless you really need a feature in a newer version of something that your distro packages (or unless they simply don't package it), its generally a good idea to install stuff using the package manager, for just this reason.

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Autodidact

Updated on September 17, 2022

Comments

Autodidact over 1 year
I installed Git on Ubuntu Lucid (latest) manually as following.
```
cd ~/tmp

wget http://kernel.org/pub/software/scm/git/git-1.7.0.6.tar.gz

tar -xzvf git-1.7.0.6.tar.gz
cd git-1.7.0.6.tar.gz
./configure
sudo make
sudo make install
```
Now, how can I completely uninstall it?
- hasen about 14 years
  
  are the contents of ~/tmp/git-1.7xxxxx still there?
- Zack about 14 years
  
  You'll want to install packages through apt when possible. Ubuntu Lucid has the latest version of git in Apt as git-core.
- Autodidact about 14 years
  
  @hasen, Yes the files are there in tmp.
- Autodidact about 14 years
  
  @Zack, initially I couldn't find the git-core in package manager. Then I installed it via source. Later when I changed the source to US server, then I see the git-core package. But I've already installed it via source, hence the problem.
Mike Pelley about 14 years

Ah - that link is much better, and I hadn't seen it before so thanks ;o)
Autodidact about 14 years

as @mike said, does this work after installing git?
Boldewyn about 14 years

As long as you haven't installed 'gitarHero' on your system... ;-) (PS: I know the spelling isn't correct)
Zack about 14 years

Don't forget about .gitconfig in ~