I installed Apache 2.4 from a source tar, and there seems to be no "make deinstall" or "make uninstall" options in the makefile in the extracted directory.
How can I remove the installed Apache server from my system?
The system is FreeBSD; I avoided using the ports because the installation was for a test server with a lower version of OpenSSL.
Best Answer
You remove the files that were installed by hand, using the
rmcommand.(If you don't know which files you need to remove sometimes it helps to
make installagain and look for the files that were updated - you've probably made yourself quite a mess though.)The next time you need to build a test environment you should think it through and plan for the eventual removal of that environment (e.g. by using
--prefix=/usr/local/apache-testwhen you runconfigureso all the installed files are conveniently under one directory).This requires a little more work on your part, but is less likely to make a mess on your server.
A better solution would be to use FreeBSD's
jailfunctionality to fully confine your test environment. This has a steeper learning curve (and uses a lot more disk space), but it is The Right Thing in terms of isolation/containment.