Uninstalling Notes® from a Linux™ client
Use this procedure to uninstall Notes® from a Linux™ client.
Before you begin
About this task
Uninstall may take several minutes to complete. Afterwards, each user's data directory and workspace remains intact to preserve data. You can uninstall the rpm or deb package by using either a command line or using GUI method.
Use the uninstall utility provided with your installed Notes® version.
Depending on whether you installed Notes® using an rpm or deb package, complete either Step 1 or Step 2.
Procedure
- If you installed Notes® using
an rpm kit, use the following steps to uninstall Notes®. If you installed Notes® by using a deb package, complete Step
2 instead.
- Use Add/Remove Software application on the Applications menu. Search for and select the Notes® rpm packages. Click Apply.
- Check which Notes-related rpm packages are installed by using
the following command.
rpm -qa | grep ibm
- Uninstall all Notes® rpm
packages in a single command line as shown in the following example.
rpm -e ibm_notes ibm_activities ibm_cae ibm_sametime ibm_opensocial ibm_feedreader
- Optionally, uninstall packages individually, making sure that
you uninstall Notes® last,
as shown in the following example.
rpm -e ibm_activities
rpm -e ibm_feedreader
rpm -e ibm_cae
rpm -e ibm_sametime
rpm -e ibm_opensocial
rpm -e ibm_notes
- If you installed Notes® using
a deb kit (Ubuntu platform), use the following procedure to uninstall Notes®.
- Check which Notes-related deb packages are installed by using
the following command.
$dpkg -l
ibm-*
- Uninstall all Notes® deb
packages in a single command line as shown in the following example.
#sudo dpkg -P ibm-notes ibm-activities ibm-cae ibm-sametime ibm-opensocial ibm-feedreader
- Optionally, uninstall packages individually, making sure that
you uninstall Notes® last,
as shown in the following example.
sudo dpkg -P ibm-activities
sudo dpkg -P ibm-cae
sudo dpkg -P ibm-sametime
sudo dpkg -P ibm-feedreader
sudo dpkg -P ibm-opensocial
sudo dpkg -P ibm-notes
- Check which Notes-related deb packages are installed by using
the following command.