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I downloaded a software package in a .tar.bz file.

I understand that I can install such packages through make install, but then there's no easy way to uninstall. Is there a way that I can add this package to my local repository, so that I can install/uninstall it through apt-get?

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  • Some tar.bz files don't actually need "make install". They are already compiled for your version of Ubuntu. To delete these, just delete the folder that you extracted them into. e.g. fritzing-0.9.0b.linux.AMD64.tar_1.bz2
  • If you use "make install" you can just delete the folders that it creates
  • If you use "sudo make install" files can be placed all over your system, so you'll have to look in the make file and see what it did and remove everything. A lot more complicated!
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