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even though checkinstall is buggy and old, when it works it's great.

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[–] [email protected] -4 points 1 year ago (3 children)

even package managers will still put stuff in random places like binaries outside my $PATH.. or not even clearly telling me what the binary is named or how to execute what I just installed.

[–] YonatanAvhar 5 points 1 year ago

That's just dumb work by whoever made the package, the package manager does as it's told

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago

But you can do a proper uninstall. And the package manager can also give you a list of all files a package will install / installed, so you'll find stuff even in random places.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago

You can still... "Uninstall"