Whenever I tried to 'make uninstall' ffmpeg , I am getting following errors

[ninadgac]

Hello,
I want to uninstall ffmpeg and its dependencies from my server...I am trying to uninstall it with 'make uninstall' command at ffmpeg folder. It returns following erros.

root@hau [/usr/src/install/ffmpeg]# make uninstall
rmdir "/usr/local/include"
rmdir: /usr/local/include: Directory not empty
make: [uninstall-headers] Error 1 (ignored)
rmdir "/usr/local/include"
rmdir: /usr/local/include: Directory not empty
make: [uninstall-headers] Error 1 (ignored)
rmdir "/usr/local/include"
rmdir: /usr/local/include: Directory not empty
make: [uninstall-headers] Error 1 (ignored)
rmdir "/usr/local/include"
rmdir: /usr/local/include: Directory not empty
make: [uninstall-headers] Error 1 (ignored)
rmdir "/usr/local/include"
rmdir: /usr/local/include: Directory not empty
make: [uninstall-headers] Error 1 (ignored)
rmdir "/usr/local/include"
rmdir: /usr/local/include: Directory not empty
make: [uninstall-headers] Error 1 (ignored)
rmdir "/usr/local/include"
rmdir: /usr/local/include: Directory not empty
make: [uninstall-headers] Error 1 (ignored)
rmdir "/usr/local/include"
rmdir: /usr/local/include: Directory not empty
make: [uninstall-headers] Error 1 (ignored)

What does it mean ?

[Baldrick]

Moving you to our linux section. ffmpegX is not ffmpeg.

It can't remove the include folder because it's not empty...probably some non ffmpeg folders/files.

[ninadgac]

Yes you are right....There are non ffmpeg files in include folder....But I wonder why FFMpeg 'make uninstall' is trying to remove that include folder ? Does it means that include folder is being created after FFMpeg installation as part of FFMpeg resources files..?

[brionbee]

Unistalling this program should not be this difficult.

I can't even get anything ffmpegx related off of my app dock (intel i3).

I just have to stare at ffmpegx stuff on my homescreen forever now? So Lame.

[enim]

it was a while ago...I might be wrong, nothing wrong in helping you out, still you can try if you are on debian based server, you can try something like,
apt-get --purge remove package-name
apt-get autoremove
apt-get clean
-or-
aptitude purge package-name
apt-get autoremove
apt-get clean
-or-
dpkg -r package-name

The first two should remove it completely including all dependencies.

[Ai Haibara]

He's not on a Linux system. He's trying to remove/uninstall ffmpegx, a Mac OS X app - so technically, it doesn't belong in a Linux topic.

[enim]

on MAC OSX he can simply drag-n-drop into trash-bin and empty it manually, and drop the icon off the dock, if any or he can use finder. No more hurdles.

[Ai Haibara]

Yes, but apparently, he's having difficulty getting it done the normal way (it looks like he probably tried to trash it while it was still running, as Case notes). See https://forum.videohelp.com/threads/125409-How-to-uninstall-ffmpegx?p=2254378#post2254378.

[enim]

it is always safe to check activity monitor before removing.