Uninstalling silently using the command line

You can use the command-line mode of the Installation Manager to uninstall IBM® Integration Designer.

Before you begin

Close all programs that you installed using the Installation Manager.

About this task

To uninstall, you must log in to the system using the same user account that you used to install.

Procedure

To uninstall IBM Integration Designer using the command line, complete the following steps:

  1. Open a command prompt, and change directories to the /eclipse/tools directory under Installation Manager.
    Important: If you are running Windows 7, Windows Vista, or Windows Server 2008, start your command prompt by right-clicking and selecting Run as administrator.
  2. Make the appropriate replacements and run the following command: 
    imcl uninstall list_of_product_IDs -installationDirectory installationDirectory -log logLocation
    1. Replace list_of_product_IDs with a list of the IDs for the products you want to uninstall, separated by spaces.
      Table 1. Product IDs
      Product Product ID
      IBM Integration Designer com.ibm.websphere.integration.developer.v75
      IBM Forms Designer com.ibm.bpm.lotus.forms.designer.v40
      Installation Manager com.ibm.cic.agent,agent_core,agent_jre
    2. Replace installationDirectory with the location where you installed the product.
    3. Replace logLocation with the location and file name to log the information.
  3. If you also want to uninstall the test environment, make the appropriate replacements and run the same command again: 
    imcl uninstall list_of_product_IDs -installationDirectory testInstallationDirectory -log logLocation
    1. Replace list_of_product_IDs with a list of the IDs for the products you want to uninstall, separated by spaces.
      Table 2. Product IDs for test environment
      Product Product ID
      IBM BPM Advanced: Process Server com.ibm.ws.WBPMPS (use for default features)

      or

      com.ibm.ws.WBPMPS,wps.client.feature,wps.server.feature,wps.samples.feature,wps.profile.feature (use to install BPM Process Server with a test environment profile)
      IBM Business Monitor com.ibm.ws.WBM75 (use for default features)

      or

      com.ibm.ws.WBM75,wbm.core.feature,wbm.wps.profile.feature,wbm.abx.feature (use to install IBM Business Monitor with an IBM Business Monitor and IBM BPM Process Server profile)
      WebSphere® Application Server Network Deployment com.ibm.websphere.ND.v70,core.feature,samples,import.productProviders.feature,import.configLauncher.feature,consoleLanguagesSupport.feature,runtimeLanguagesSupport.feature (includes all required features)
      Feature Pack for Service Component Architecture (SCA) com.ibm.websphere.SCA.v10
      Feature Pack for XML com.ibm.websphere.XML.v10
      DB2 for Linux 32-bit com.ibm.ws.DB2EXP97.linuxia32
      DB2 for Linux 64-bit com.ibm.ws.DB2EXP97.linuxia64
      DB2 for Windows 32-bit com.ibm.ws.DB2EXP97.winia32
      DB2 for Windows 64-bit com.ibm.ws.DB2EXP97.winia64
      IBM Cognos BI for Windows x86 (32-bit) com.ibm.ws.cognos.v1011.winia32
      IBM Cognos BI for Windows x64 (64-bit) com.ibm.ws.cognos.v1011.winia64
    2. Replace installationDirectory with the location where you installed the product.
    3. Replace logLocation with the location and file name to log the information.

Results

Installation Manager uninstalls the list of products and writes a log file to the directory that you specified.

Example

The following example uninstalls Integration Designer and IBM Forms Designer from Windows.
C:\Program Files\IBM\Installation Manager\eclipse\tools>imcl uninstall com.ibm.websphere.integration.developer.v75 com.ibm.bpm.lotus.forms.designer.v40 -installationDirectory C:\IBM\ID75 -log uninstalllog.txt
Parent topic: Uninstalling silently
Related reference:
Command-line arguments for imcl