dltmqinst (delete MQ installation)

Delete installation entries from mqinst.ini on UNIX and Linux® systems.

Purpose

File mqinst.ini contains information about all IBM® MQ installations on a system. For more information about mqinst.ini, see Installation configuration file, mqinst.ini.

Attention: Only the user root can run this command.

Syntax

Notes:

¹ When specified together, the installation name and installation path must refer to the same installation.

Parameters

-n InstallationName: The name of the installation.
-p InstallationPath: The installation path is the location where IBM MQ is installed.

Return codes

Return code	Description
0	Entry deleted without error
5	Entry still active
36	Invalid arguments supplied
44	Entry does not exist
59	Invalid installation specified
71	Unexpected error
89	ini file error
96	Could not lock ini file
98	Insufficient authority to access ini file
131	Resource problem

Example

This command deletes an entry with an installation name of myInstallation, and an installation path of /opt/myInstallation:
```
dltmqinst -n MyInstallation -p /opt/myInstallation
```

Note: You can only use the dltmqinst command on another installation from the one it runs from. If you only have one IBM MQ installation, the command will not work.

Note: On a Solaris 10 MQ Client installation, only the root user has permissions to edit the mqinst.ini file.