# How to uninstall ruby?

**URL:** <https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/how-to-uninstall-ruby/185393>\
**Category:** Ruby\
**Created:** [March 19, 2010, 5:56am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/how-to-uninstall-ruby/185393 "2010-03-19T05:56:16Z")\
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**Author:** ![martin\_mercy2001](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/m/d2c977/32.png) [@martin\_mercy2001](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/martin_mercy2001)\
**Post date:** [March 19, 2010, 5:56am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/how-to-uninstall-ruby/185393/1 "2010-03-19T05:56:16Z")

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Dear all,

I have installed ruby 1.8.7 in slackware 13. Now i need to uninstall my  
ruby from slackware how should i do?

Regards,  
Jose

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**Author:** ![martin\_mercy2001](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/m/d2c977/32.png) [@martin\_mercy2001](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/martin_mercy2001)\
**Post date:** [March 19, 2010, 8:17am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/how-to-uninstall-ruby/185393/2 "2010-03-19T08:17:21Z")

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just eat it ,lol

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**Author:** ![martin\_mercy2001](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/m/d2c977/32.png) [@martin\_mercy2001](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/martin_mercy2001)\
**Post date:** [March 19, 2010, 4:50pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/how-to-uninstall-ruby/185393/3 "2010-03-19T16:50:45Z")

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2010/3/19 dare ruby [removed\_email\_address@domain.invalid](mailto:removed_email_address@domain.invalid):

> I have installed ruby 1.8.7 in slackware 13. Now i need to uninstall my  
> ruby from slackware how should i do?

If you installed from source there is a file listing all installed  
files (and directories IIRC). You can use that to delete the stuff  
again.

Kind regards

robert

PS: Actually, Ruby is not supposed to be uninstalled. There is no way  
back once you entered the realm of Ruby. 😉

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**Author:** ![martin\_mercy2001](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/m/d2c977/32.png) [@martin\_mercy2001](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/martin_mercy2001)\
**Post date:** [March 24, 2010, 11:15pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/how-to-uninstall-ruby/185393/4 "2010-03-24T23:15:23Z")

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Where can i find this file?

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**Author:** ![martin\_mercy2001](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/m/d2c977/32.png) [@martin\_mercy2001](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/martin_mercy2001)\
**Post date:** [March 25, 2010, 8:55am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/how-to-uninstall-ruby/185393/5 "2010-03-25T08:55:30Z")

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2010/3/24 Sereno M. [removed\_email\_address@domain.invalid](mailto:removed_email_address@domain.invalid):

> Where can i find this file?

It’s called “.installed.list” and resides in the root directory of the  
unpacked source tree.

robert