Add an uninstall rule
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Description
**Is your feature request related to a problem? Please describe.**
After building and installing from GitHub source code on Linux, it would be convenient if there was an uninstall rule.
**Describe the solution you'd like**
`$ sudo make uninstall`
to uninstall Audacity.
**Describe alternatives you've considered**
* Manually deleting installed files
* Using Checkinstall
**Additional context**
https://forum.audacityteam.org/viewtopic.php?p=433831#p433831
Contributor guide
Research direction
Start by locating the Linux build/install entry point and the existing install rules or make targets. Confirm which files are installed, then verify that `sudo make uninstall` removes those files without affecting unrelated data.
Written by the indexing model from the issue text.
Assessment
- Tech stack
- linux
- Domain
- build-system, operating-systems
- Issue type
- Feature
- Difficulty
- 3/5
- Estimated time
- 1-2 days
- Activity status
- Stale
- Clarity
- Mostly clear
- Newbie friendliness
- 35/100