[NBLUG/talk] Unbreaking ubuntu using dpkg?

[Sean]

If you still have the makefile from the src package you installed, my
reading shows that you should be able to run this to uninstall it (see
the link below. I've never done this myself, so use at your own risk):

make uninstall

Of course if you've deleted the makefile this won't be useful, and
sometimes the uninstall isn't available in the src package. From the
link below, running "make checkinstall" instead of "make install"
converts the src install to a .deb package and installs that using
dpkg, although I've not tested it:

http://n4zrnet.wordpress.com/2008/10/30/to-remove-any-source-package-that-installed-with-make-install-command/