Uninstalling GSKit with installp

Use the installp command to complete the uninstallation of GSKit from an AIX® system.

Procedure

  1. Log in as the root user.
  2. Access the command prompt.
  3. Run the following command to determine the GSKit packages that you want to remove:
    lslpp -l 'GSK*'
  4. To remove a GSKit package, run the following command:
    installp -u package_name
    To remove GSKit completely, remove all the GSKit packages of the same version. For uninstallation of GSKit, you must first remove the GSKit SSL package and then the GSKit crypt package.
    To remove the GSKit8.gskssl64 and GSKit8.gskcrypt64 packages, run the following command:
    installp -u GSKit8.gskssl64
    installp -u GSKit8.gskcrypt64
  5. To remove all GSKit packages, run the following command:
    installp -u GSKit8
  6. Verify whether the GSKit uninstallation is successful.
    lslpp -l 'GSK*'