How do I uninstall an app

[Kelly6]

Here's my situation:

I am extremely new to Linux. I recently installed Mandrake 7.2 a few days ago. It installed netscape 4.x but I want to update to 6.01. I don't have a clue how to uninstall netscape 4.x or any of the other appplications that came with the full installation but which I never use.

Please explain to me how applications are stored.

[Tyr-7BE]

This all depends on what type of package it came in. Mandrake uses RPMs (Red Hat Package Manager), which are a convenient way of installing/uninstalling software (some may say...I don't). Go to the command line and type "rpm --help" and see what options it gives you. You might need to type "rpm --help | more" cause I think it's a big help file. One of the options will be how to uninstall software. I can get you that far, but after that I'm not sure...it's been a long time since I've used RPMs. If it's in tar.gz format, I have no idea. There might be an install script that comes with the thing, but I usually just go around the machine removing everything associated with the program (not recommended). If it's a .deb file, "apt-get remove <appname>", but that's only on Debian systems.
Mandrake default install uses RPMs, so the RPM option should apply. Just as a side note, since Netscape 6 and Netscape 4.x are so vastly different, you don't need to remove one in order for the other to work.

[bdg1983]

And again...

There's a NHF here at LNO on 'Installing Software'.

[Kelly6]

Hey thanks for that.

[cga]

Mandrake has a nice tool called RPMDrake which handles install and uninstall of RPMs.