However it didn’t show up in my plasmoids list, but what’s worse is
that ever since I’ve compiled it my plasma workspace is as unstable as
it can be.
End up deleting my plasma settings hourly just to be able to start
plasma at all.
Commands I ran to install it are:
CMAKE -DCMAKE_INSTALL_PREFIX=‘KDE4-CONFIG --PREFIX’ …
MAKE
MAKE INSTALL
Do see a cmake_uninstall.cmake file, but how do I run it? Or what
should I do to get rid of it?
also I would recommend that when compiling source to install to the
usual prefix of /usr/local as this makes things easier to manage as
binaries built from source dont get mixed with those installed from the
package manager. Although for some apps (kde, gnome stuff) this makes
the configure/build harder.
Just followed the ‘install instructions’ and in the comments someone
asks to confirm that the prefix was used by another person who didn’t
have it showing up.
Thanks for the help, hope this gets rids of my unstable plasma
workspace as it’s extremely annoying to have it crash every hour need a
removal of the configuration files.
Also note not all source code comes with a make uninstall. If after
configuring when I look at the Makefile, if I don’t find a uninstall
rule I will reconfigure with a prefix that points to a single directory
ala a windows install and then I just add a symlink to /usr/local/bin
that point top the exe form the installer. Note though this doesn’t
work so well with libs. So in the case of libraries I just install to
/usr/local an dif no uninstall then you look at the Install: section of
the makefile to see which files are installed and where, once you know
what files it installed you can remove them.
However if it doesn’t have an uninstall it may not be wise to install
in the first place as this is sometimes a sign of incomplete or immature
software.