how to remove compiled conky version

[dantheman]

Hi folks, whilst trying to install a flashy conky i decided to install/compile the latest conky from github. My flashy conky still did not work and i wanted to revert back to a conky that does work. I can't do this and the code

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conky -v

still shows the the compiled version. Can anyone help or am i asking in the wrong place?
The versions i installed was 1.10.4 and then version 1.10.5.
here hoping i can revert back to conky that can with MXLinux conky 1.10.0.

yours thankfully

the foolish Dan

[Jerry3904]

Welcome to the Forum, Dan!

Did you try just this:

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sudo purge conky

Then install conky again from the repos.

[dantheman]

I tried that and

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conky -v

still shows the compiled version!

been googling this for ages and nothing has shown up!!

i think it is still runnning the compiled version too.

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conky -D -c hightech/load/load

DEBUG(0) [/home/danielmx/conky-1.10.4/src/conky.cc:2701]: reading contents from config file 'hightech/

shows its still using the compiled software.

[Jerry3904]

try logging out and back in and run it again

[dantheman]

Same problem still using the compiled version even after reboot. i have purged everything to do with conky!!

Never thought compiling from source would have so many problems!!

[Stevo]

No, a manually installed program won't appear in the package manager's radar, so none of those tools will help. Usually, you'll need to read the instructions that came with the source code and follow the uninstall instructions, and them reinstall the system's version from the apt system just to make sure.

Usually when asking for this kind of help, it helps us when you provide the steps taken that led to your trouble, as in

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./configure
make
sudo make install

or the like, so the reverse steps can be listed.

[BitJam]

Use "which conky" to find the location of the compiled version and then delete that file. Another approach would be to go back to the directory where you built conky and see if "make uninstall" does anything. If that make target (uninstall) is available then you will get an error message about lack of permissions so then do "sudo make uninstall".

[kmathern]

Maybe try

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sudo make uninstall

in the folder which you built / compiled conky in.

edit: oops, BitJam beat me to it.

[Stevo]

Usually, you go to the same folder that you ran the install command and run

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make uninstall

with sudo or as root. Note that conky 10+ uses cmake, so a cmake command needs to be run to generate a Makefile, but you should still have that left over from the build.

[dantheman]

I tried make uninstall in the directory i installed it from but to no avail!!

is deleting the folder from 'which conky' safe?
it points to

/usr/local/bin/conky

after a reinstall of conky will it recreate that folder and files within it again?