Installing Apps Under Linux

Normally I avoid installing software under Linux unless it's in Synaptic Package Manager. Contrary to popular belief, this results in an extremely full-featured computing experience, since it's a rare application that is not found there.

But from time to time I like to stretch myself and attempt to learn a bit of Linux usage that has flummoxed me in the past. When I found version 7 of Inform has been released, and Synaptic Package Manager only has version 6 for Linux at this time, I was enticed to declare this to be a circumstance deserving of special treatment.

I followed the instructions included in the download and after I remembered to type "sudo", it worked. It is running. I have installed a tarball of an application under Linux, from the command line. Here's hoping it is seldom necessary, but now I know that I can generally get around that obstacle.

Sadly, according to the README file,

All it really does is generate a UUID for the project and invoke the appropriate compilers when asked.
It is fervently hoped that, a Linux port having been released, that some enterprising soul or souls will provide an actual interface to it of the quality and feature set of the Mac OS X or Windows versions.

So I'll use the Windows version. Now, how do I uninstall an application under Linux? ;)