Uninstalling the BigFix Client on Solaris

If you have a BigFix Relay installed on the same computer, first remove the BigFix Relay and then proceed with the BigFix client uninstallation.

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If you installed the client using the SVR4 (.pkg file) format

To uninstall the BigFix client installed on a Solaris operating system, if you installed it using the legacy SVR4 (.pkg file) format, perform the following steps:
  1. Stop the agent process before removing it
    /etc/init.d/besclient stop
  2. Uninstall the BigFix Client by running the following command
    pkgrm BESagent
  3. Manually remove the following directories
    rm -rf /etc/opt/BESClient 
rm -rf /var/opt/BESClient 
rm -rf /opt/BESClient
rm -rf /var/opt/BESCommon

If you installed the client using the IPS (.p5p file) format

To uninstall the BigFix client installed on a Solaris 11 operating system, if you installed it using the IPS (.p5p file) format, perform the following steps:

  1. Stop the agent process before removing it
    /etc/init.d/besclient stop
  2. Uninstall the BigFix Client by running the following command
    pkg uninstall BESagent
    Uninstalling the IPS package moves the files added at runtime under $IMAGE_META/lost+found. The default value for IMAGE_META is /var/pkg. The uninstall command shows a message reporting the actual paths, for example: 
    The following unexpected or editable files and directories were 
salvaged while executing the requested package operation; they
have been moved to the displayed location in the image:
/var/opt/BESClient -> /var/pkg/lost+found/var/opt/BESClient-20190320T135633Z
  3. Manually remove all the directories listed in the uninstall message, for example: 
    rm -rf /var/pkg/lost+found/var/opt/BESClient-20190320T135633Z
  4. In addition, manually remove the /etc/opt/BESClient directory by running the following command
    rm -rf /etc/opt/BESClient
rm -rf /var/opt/BESCommon