Re: How to Upgrade from a tar file

Jose Trinidad wrote:
> Hi 
> 
> If I want to upgrade any program in my linux system
> with a newer version with a *.tar file. Do I have to
> uninstall the older first? or I just compile and
> install de new one. What happend with the older one?
> Do exist bouth in the system? What if I just want the
> new one?

It depends on the tarball.  Usually you can run `make uninstall` to 
remove the old one, and then `make; make install` to make and install 
the new one.  With tar files, you can have many versions on the same 
system, and, depending on your path, you may run different versions.

*.rpm file handle this better, thus allowing you to easily upgrade to a 
newer version.  Try to find an rpm instead of a tarball of the program.

Forrest
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