I installed nginx a while ago using the ubuntu PPA repository. Now I want to compile nginx from source so I can compile in and use the geo-ip module.
I know how to compile the new nginx from source.
How can I remove the nginx binary which was installed by the package? I want to leave all the configs and logs and upstart stuff etc untouched. I really just want to remove the old binary.
How can I do this?
Best Answer
Unless you specify the
--purge
option (or use thepurge
command), the configuration files are left untouched while uninstallation. Therefore all you need to do is:Or, if you installed a specific variant (such as
-core
,-full
,-extra
, etc.):