How do I get rid of applications that’s in the system through compilation?
an example:
If you have installed VMWare
If you used the tar installer to install VMware Server, remove the software from
your system by running:
vmware-uninstall.pl
Like Caf said: there are usually unistall files included in the download.
Open the downloaded source package and see if there is an “uninstall” file.
If not, try to find a README file in the source download.
The readme file can be very useful considering unistall is commonly based on a package-by-package basis.
Hope that helps! 