[LAU] Jack uninstall problems

[Folderol]

On Sat, 29 Jan 2011 20:05:04 +0100
headless <headless_ at freenet.de> wrote:

> Hi all!
> 
> I have some strange problems with my jack-install. I know some time ago 
> i experimented with different versions of jack. Means i compiled them. 
> Later I installed the normal jack2 from my debian-distribution(Now 
> squeeze 64 bit) but it seems i didn't remove the compiled one. I 
> recognized this now and thought maby jack is using some of the libs in 
> /usr/local/. I could not find the src directory anymore, so i just 
> manually removed everything jackish in usr/local. Now surprisingly jack  
> does not want to start because it doesnt find the libs in 
> /usr/local/libs/jack. I reinstalled jack2 and libjack from debian and 
> even made a symlink from /usr/lib/jack to /usr/local/lib/jackand jack is 
> still complayning that it cannot handle the librarys in local/lib/jack. 
> What can I do besides reinstalling my whole system?
> 
> thx,
> headless

Do a 'complete' uninstall of the debian one.

Recompile and reinstall the experimental one(s).

use it's own uninstall routine to completely remove it.
  (most likely 'make uninstall').

Reinstall the debian version. 

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