Uninstall patches

Use the XXX task to uninstall Debian packages that do not have dependencies on other packages.

To uninstall patches, click the Patch Management Domain. In the navigation tree, click All Patch Management > Sites > External Sites > Linux RPM Patching > Fixlets and Tasks.

Figure 1. Selecting Fixlets and tasks from the navigation tree

In the List panel on the right, select XXX.

Figure 2. Selecting the Ubuntu .deb package to be uninstalled

In the Actions box, click the link to start the uninstallation action.

Figure 3. Selecting the link that uninstalls the .deb package

The Action Parameter window opens. Enter the package name and click OK. The affected computers report the uninstall patch task that was run as either completed or failed. You can also activate the Endpoint Dependency Resolution - Deployment Results analysis, which shows the results of an action in a log file.

Figure 4. Entering the package name and clicking OK

Entering the package name and clicking OK

The Uninstall action removes the .deb package, but does not remove the configuration files for the package that is uninstalled. Click the purge action link to remove also the configuration files.

The last action in the Actions box opens a link that gives information about using dpkg, the Debian package manager.
Figure 5. Selecting the link that gives information about the dpkg package manager