"deinistall" DateTime

dhofmeister has asked for the wisdom of the Perl Monks concerning the following question:

so that didn't go well...i was trying to install DateTime on my HPUX system. Here's the tail-end of the dialog:

Result: FAIL
Failed 43/95 test programs. 3/3 subtests failed.
  DROLSKY/DateTime-0.77.tar.gz
one dependency not OK (DateTime::TimeZone); additionally test harness 
+failed
  ./Build test -- NOT OK
//hint// to see the cpan-testers results for installing this module, t
+ry:
  reports DROLSKY/DateTime-0.77.tar.gz
Running Build install
  make test had returned bad status, won't install without force
Failed during this command:
 DROLSKY/DateTime-TimeZone-1.50.tar.gz        : make NO cannot resolve
+ circular dependency
 DOLMEN/DateTime-TimeZone-HPUX-1.04.tar.gz    : make NO cannot resolve
+ circular dependency
 DROLSKY/DateTime-0.77.tar.gz                 : make_test NO one depen
+dency not OK (DateTime::TimeZone); additionally test harness f
ailed
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Unfortunately, cpanp wasn't able to uninstall it:

CPAN Terminal> u DateTime

[MSG] No '/.cpanplus/custom-sources' dir, skipping custom sources
[MSG] No '/.cpanplus/custom-sources' dir, skipping custom sources
[MSG] No '/.cpanplus/custom-sources' dir, skipping custom sources

This will uninstall the following modules:
    DateTime

Note that if you installed them via a package manager, you probably
should use the same package manager to uninstall them

                                                                      
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Are you sure you want to continue? [y/N]: y
Uninstalling 'DateTime'
[ERROR] Module 'DateTime' is not installed, so cannot uninstall
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Any thoughts about what to do? I'd like to get rid of it so that no one thinks it is actually installed (Find::File shows it).

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Re: "deinistall" DateTime by bart (Canon) on Oct 12, 2012 at 21:35 UTC
You tried to install DateTime, but some test failed, so it wasn't installed. No need to uninstall it.	[reply]
Re^2: "deinistall" DateTime by dhofmeister (Initiate) on Oct 12, 2012 at 22:21 UTC
yes, i know it didn't install. however when i run my nifty script to see what modules are installed (like i said before it's based on File::Find) it looks like it is installed: what_perl_modules \|grep -i date /usr/local/lib/perl5/5.10.1/CPANPLUS/Selfupdate.pm /usr/local/lib/perl5/site_perl/5.10.1/PA-RISC2.0/Attribute/Params/Vali +date.pm /usr/local/lib/perl5/site_perl/5.10.1/PA-RISC2.0/Params/ValidatePP.pm /usr/local/lib/perl5/site_perl/5.10.1/PA-RISC2.0/Params/Validate.pm /usr/local/lib/perl5/site_perl/5.10.1/PA-RISC2.0/Params/ValidateXS.pm /usr/local/lib/perl5/site_perl/5.10.1/PA-RISC2.0/Params/Validate/XS.pm /usr/local/lib/perl5/site_perl/5.10.1/PA-RISC2.0/Params/Validate/PP.pm <<snip>> [download] is it enough to just purge files?	[reply] [d/l]
Re^3: "deinistall" DateTime by runrig (Abbot) on Oct 12, 2012 at 22:41 UTC
If you want to uninstall all of the dependencies that got installed when you tried to install DateTime, then yes, you just delete the files that were installed. Just be careful not to delete anything that existed before you tried to install the library. Though IMO, I don't think it hurts to have a few extra libraries installed (unless you're talking Switch).	[reply]
Re^4: "deinistall" DateTime by bart (Canon) on Oct 13, 2012 at 00:58 UTC
Re^5: "deinistall" DateTime by Anonymous Monk on Oct 13, 2012 at 02:07 UTC
Re^4: "deinistall" DateTime by dhofmeister (Initiate) on Oct 15, 2012 at 17:15 UTC
Re^3: "deinistall" DateTime by Anonymous Monk on Oct 12, 2012 at 22:35 UTC
it looks like it is installed: No it doesn't, look again, Params::Validate is not DateTime	[reply]
Re: "deinistall" DateTime by davido (Cardinal) on Oct 13, 2012 at 16:34 UTC
While it's "too late now", I haven't seen mentioned a technique that I hear people using all the time, and which might be useful to you in the future: Put the lib/ path where you're installing modules under version control. Just don't forget to commit between each install. Dave	[reply]