Removing VLC completely

[shuaibe]

Hi,

I compiled and installed VLC and later I made some changes in the code. Now I want to remove the old VLC and compile and install the changed one, So I used :

make uninstall

to remove VLC. But I dont see the changes I have done. I observed that even after uninstalling VLC /usr/lib/vlc contains directories and libraries. So may be its using the old files ... is there a way when I uninstall, its totally gone ... no traces and when I install it uses the new files and libraries. Any suggestions ..
Thank you for your time!

[Jean-Baptiste Kempf]

Distribution ?

[kmf31]

The "make install" installs most files in /usr/lib/vlc and /usr/include/vlc (or /usr/local/lib/vlc if you have choosen another prefix) and the binaries in /usr/bin/ and some localization files in /usr/share.

If you want only to "clean" your old installation to avoid problems when installing a new version of vlc it is enough to erase /usr/lib/vlc:

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rm -rf /usr/lib/vlc rm -rf /usr/include/vlc

If you don't do this and if you install a new vlc over the old one, they may indeed still be old non-erased plugins in /usr/lib/vlc which may create problems. Also the header files in /usr/include/vlc may create problems but only if you compile later things against libvlc (I believe).

If you are very worried about "clean" and "proper" installations and "uninstallations" then you should compile vlc with some prefix such as: "--prefix=/usr/VLC" and then simply add /usr/VLC/bin to your PATH after installation. Later it will be enough to simply erase the folder:

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rm -rf /usr/VLC

in order to "uninstall" everything from vlc.

If you install vlc in a standard tree, such as /usr or /usr/local then it is more difficult to "uninstall" everything.

[shuaibe]

Iam using Ubuntu.

I did as kmf31 suggested and then compiled and installed vlc in the standard tree. But when I run vlc I get :

VLC media player 0.8.6 Janus
[00000001] main private error: no memcpy module matched "any"
[00000013] main interface error: no interface module matched "hotkeys,none"
[00000013] main interface error: no suitable interface module
[00000001] main private error: interface "hotkeys,none" initialization failed
[00000014] main interface error: no interface module matched "screensaver,none"
[00000014] main interface error: no suitable interface module
[00000001] main private error: interface "screensaver,none" initialization failed
[00000015] main interface error: no interface module matched "any"
[00000015] main interface error: no suitable interface module
[00000001] main private error: interface "(null)" initialization failed


So I uninstalled it again using:
make uninstall
and also cleared the cache by running:
rm -rf ~ /.vlc

After that if I run vlc (without reinstallation) it gives :

VLC media player 0.8.6 Janus
[00000001] main private error: no memcpy module matched "any"
[00000013] main interface error: no interface module matched "hotkeys,none"
[00000013] main interface error: no suitable interface module
[00000001] main private error: interface "hotkeys,none" initialization failed
[00000014] main interface error: no interface module matched "screensaver,none"
[00000014] main interface error: no suitable interface module
[00000001] main private error: interface "screensaver,none" initialization failed
[00000015] main interface error: no interface module matched "any"
[00000015] main interface error: no suitable interface module
[00000001] main private error: interface "(null)" initialization failed


any insight ?

Thanks again!

[funman]

that means that the plugins can't be found/loaded

try to delete your build tree and compile and install again

[Jean-Baptiste Kempf]

build vlc with --disable-static

[shuaibe]

thanks for the suggestion guys ... i followed kmf31's instructions .. and its working Ok now !

[zwanzig]

and also cleared the cache by running:
rm -rf ~ /.vlc

You realize that would wipe your entire home directory?
I think you mean

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rm -rf ~/.vlc

without the space...