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  • Modern GNU style configure/build offers an uninstall target. But that requires keeping the configured source around... Commented Feb 12, 2016 at 19:41
  • @vonbrand And it doesn't restore files overwritten during the installation, does it? Commented Feb 12, 2016 at 19:46
  • not as far as I know (or would be reasonable, for that matter) Commented Feb 12, 2016 at 22:19