uninstall command

The uninstall command uninstalls the product. When you uninstall the product, the uninstaller program removes the core product files and all of the profiles. A silent parameter runs the wizard in silent mode without displaying the graphical user interface.

Purpose

This topic describes the command-line syntax for the uninstall command. Start the uninstall command module from the command line to uninstall the product.

Before you begin uninstalling the product

Manually stop all servers before uninstalling the product.

See Uninstalling the product on i5/OS for more information.

The command file is in the app_server_root\uninstall directory. The command file is named:

• uninstall

All of the installable components in the product package use this command. If the command is not applicable for a component on a particular operating system, the N/A abbreviation is displayed in the following table. A command is not applicable if the component cannot be installed (or uninstalled) on the operating system.

Table 1. Component uninstall commands by operating system

Operating System	WebSphere Application Server	Application Client	IBM HTTP Server	Web Server Plug-ins	Application Server Toolkit	Edge Components	Update Installer (UPDI)
AIX	uninstall	uninstall	uninstall	uninstall	N/A	uninstall	uninstall
HP-UX	uninstall	uninstall	uninstall	uninstall	N/A	uninstall	uninstall
i5/OS	uninstall	uninstall	N/A	uninstall	N/A	N/A	uninstall
Linux	uninstall	uninstall	uninstall	uninstall	uninstall	uninstall	uninstall
Solaris	uninstall	uninstall	uninstall	uninstall	N/A	uninstall	uninstall
Windows	uninstall	uninstall	uninstall	uninstall	uninstall	uninstall	uninstall

Parameters and syntax

• Issue the following command to start the Uninstaller wizard and the graphical user interface:

  • app_server_root/uninstall/uninstall

• Issue the following command to start the Uninstaller wizard in silent mode, without the graphical user interface, and to remove all profiles:

  • app_server_root/uninstall/uninstall -silent -OPT removeProfilesOnUninstall="true"

• Issue the following command to start the Uninstaller wizard in silent mode and to leave all profiles intact:

  • app_server_root/uninstall/uninstall -silent (default behavior)

  • app_server_root/uninstall/uninstall -silent -OPT removeProfilesOnUninstall="false"

Uninstalling WebSphere Application Server from the iSeries server removes all the product libraries and directories. If you do not specify the option to delete all the profiles when you invoke the uninstall script, the user-defined information is not removed. If you later decide that you do not need the user-defined data, you can manually remove it.

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