even though checkinstall is buggy and old, when it works it's great.
this post was submitted on 22 Jul 2023
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This is why containers are so popular. And reinstalling.
It's why package managers are so popular
even package managers will still put stuff in random places like binaries outside my $PATH.. or not even clearly telling me what the binary is named or how to execute what I just installed.
That's just dumb work by whoever made the package, the package manager does as it's told
You can still... "Uninstall"
But you can do a proper uninstall. And the package manager can also give you a list of all files a package will install / installed, so you'll find stuff even in random places.