Uninstalling with Linux utilities

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Use the rpm command to complete the uninstallation of IBM® Verify Directory from a Linux™ system.

Before you begin

You must stop all IBM Verify Directory client and server processes.
  • Directory server
  • Administration server
  • LDAP traces
  • Web Administration Tool and the application server that is associated with it
  • Custom LDAP applications

About this task

The following example shows the uninstallation of IBM Verify Directory packages from an AMD64 Opteron/EM64T Linux system. For System z®, System i® or System p®, or System x Linux, you must substitute with the appropriate package names.

Procedure

  1. Log in as the root user.
  2. Access the command prompt.
  3. Run the following command to determine the IBM Verify Directory packages that you want to remove:
    rpm -qa | grep -i idsldap
  4. To remove a IBM Verify Directory package, run the following command:
    rpm -ev package_name
    To remove IBM Verify Directory completely, remove all the IBM Verify Directory packages. For uninstallation of IBM Verify Directory, you must provide packages in reverse order of installation sequence. For more information about the sequence, see Packages for installation on a Linux system.
    To remove the idsldap-ent1101-11.0.1-0.x86_64.rpm package, run the following command:
    rpm -ev idsldap-ent1101-11.0.1-0.x86_64.rpm

What to do next

Verify whether the IBM Verify Directory uninstallation is successful. For more information, see Verifying IBM Verify Directory packages.