firejail.config not found after following git instructions on the source .tarball

[tredondo]

I followed the Debian/Ubuntu -> "With AppArmor" instructions, but instead of waiting to clone the whole repo, I downloaded the source tarball.

After following the build instructions when I run firejail, I get

Error: Firejail configuration file /usr/local/etc/firejail/firejail.config not found

Now I don't know how to uninstall this so it won't conflict with the firejail from the Ubuntu packages :(

[rusty-snake]

but instead of waiting to clone the whole repo

FYI: git clone --depth=1 https://github.com/netblue30/firejail.git

Now I don't know how to uninstall this so it won't conflict with the firejail from the Ubuntu packages :(

If you have not delted you build dir yet: sudo make uninstall

[glitsj16]

I followed the Debian/Ubuntu -> "With AppArmor" instructions
Error: Firejail configuration file /usr/local/etc/firejail/firejail.config not found

That's odd. Seeing /usr/local/etc/firejail suggests you didn't use the --prefix=/usr part of the instructions:

$ ./configure --enable-apparmor --prefix=/usr && make && sudo make install-strip

There is also a PPA you can use that offers latest stable releases and which is maintained by one of our collaborators. That might be easier to keep up with than building from git.

[tredondo]

I'm 95% sure I copy-pasted that instruction line, because I was able to build from git using the same instructions, and it's working now.

@rusty-snake re "If you have not delted you build dir yet: sudo make uninstall"

https://github.com/netblue30/firejail/wiki/Using-firejail-from-git#cons says "uninstalling can be complicated if you delete the repo or run ./configure with other flags". Should that be amended to mention sudo make uninstall?

[rusty-snake]

A uninstall instruction for https://github.com/netblue30/firejail/wiki/Using-firejail-from-git#makefile sound reasonable.

[rusty-snake]

Added sudo make uninstall to https://github.com/netblue30/firejail/wiki/Using-firejail-from-git#makefile.