[quote author="kernelpanicker" date="1299273375"] but I did see it in the Add/Remove Software gui tool in Gnome. [/quote]
i had a problem with the distrubeted version of ubuntu, so i had to use the original package from Qt.
[quote]Now the issue is to get the version I installed out of the system so I can install it with the gui tool, which will then track updates for me automatically, as well as track what goes in so I can remove it.[/quote]
i already told you how to remove. its not difficult.[/quote]
[quote] I'll check what you mentioned but I'm still nervous it put itself in various places in the system... after all, it appears in the menus in Gnome...[/quote]
When you use linux, the sooner or later you have to change something that is not suported from your distribution. Never be afraid to change something. you can always change it back.
check the lfs-book and try to setup one of your own.
it takes for the first time, only 1 or 2 days. but you have learned almost everything you need from your system in that time.
if you still dont want to remove it,
you also could install the other version next to it, it doesnt really matter.