Exiftool upgrade to latest version on Slackware Linux 14.2 x64

[sattva]

Hello,

I want to upgrade from an older version of Exiftool [10.32] to the latest version [10.72] on my Slackware Linux 14.2 x64 system.

After reading the documentation, i executed the "make uninstall" command from the distribution directory to remove the older version...which resulted in the "Uninstall is unsafe and deprecated" message and a long list of files.

How do i proceed from here, the steps to take for installing the latest Exiftool version?

Regards,
Sattva

[Phil Harvey]

Hi Sattva,

From the Unix uninstall instructions:

(Note: Unfortunately, newer systems may give an "Uninstall is unsafe and deprecated" message even though uninstalling ExifTool is safe because it has no dependencies. If this happens, the necessary commands to remove the installed files will be listed, and these commands must be run manually.)

But you shouldn't need to do an uninstall first unless it was installed in a different location.

- Phil

[sattva]

Thank you for responding Phil...though i could not understand what you wrote.

Are you suggesting that i leave the uninstall of the old version where it is now with the error msg...and just download the new version and follow the install instructions to install the latest version??

Thank you for your time!

Regards,
Sattva

[Phil Harvey]

Hi Sattva,

If you installed the old version the same way, then yes. 

If you don't know how the old version was installed, then just go ahead and install the new version anyway.  Running "exiftool -ver" will tell you if you are using the correct version.

- Phil

[sattva]

Thanks a lot Phil!

I just followed the instructions and got the latest version installed!

Also, when i try to look up the exiftool man pages...i am getting an error msg 'no manual entry for exiftool'?
How do i get this working?

Regards,
Sattva

[Phil Harvey]

From the last paragraph in the README:

Note: If the man pages don't work, it is probably because your man path is
not set to include the installed documentation.  See "man man" for
information about how to set the man path.

- Phil