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Uninstalling IBM Installation Manager

Question & Answer


Question

How do you uninstall IBM Installation Manager?

Answer

You can uninstall IBM Installation Manager if you no longer have any products that were installed by IBM Installation Manager.

Before you begin
Before you uninstall IBM Installation Manager, you must ensure that all packages that were installed by IBM Installation Manager are uninstalled. Close IBM Installation Manager before you start the uninstall process.

AIX, HP-UX, Linux, Solaris:
To view installed packages, issue the following command from a command line:

    cd /opt/IBM/InstallationManager/eclipse/tools
    ./imcl listInstalledPackages
Restriction: You must be logged in to the system as the root user ID.

Windows:
To view installed packages, click Start > All Programs > IBM Installation Manager > View Installed Packages.

Procedure
To uninstall IBM Installation Manager, complete the following steps:

AIX, HP-UX, Linux, Solaris:
    1. Open a command line.
    2. In the directory where IBM Installation Manager is installed, change the directory to the uninstall subdirectory, for example, /var/ibm/InstallationManager/uninstall.
    3. Issue the following command:
    ./uninstall

Windows:
    1. From the Start menu, click Control Panel > Programs and Features.
    2. Select IBM Installation Manager and click Uninstall.

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Document Information

Modified date:
17 June 2018

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