Uninstalling WebSphere Commerce manually

Complete the following procedure to uninstall WebSphere Commerce manually on a Linux system.

About this task

AIX You cannot uninstall AIX systems by using this procedure because the geninstall command does not work with InstallShield-based products. To uninstall an AIX system, see Uninstalling by using the WebSphere Commerce uninstallation software.

Optional: It is recommended that you stop the IBM Knowledge Center.
Delete WebSphere Commerce Search.
Delete any Configuration Manager instances by following the instructions provided in Deleting a WebSphere Commerce instance.
Stop Configuration Manager.
If the WC_installdir directory or its subdirectories contain customized files, back up the files to a directory that is not used by WebSphere Commerce.
To uninstall WebSphere Commerce manually, complete the following steps:
- 1. Log on as the root user.
  2. Issue the following command:
```
rpm -qa | grep WC80
```
    This command returns all of the WebSphere Commerce related packages that are installed on your machine.
  3. Search this list and record the values for the packages that match the following format:
```
WC80xxxx
```
    Where xxxx is an alphanumeric representation.
  4. For each WebSphere Commerce related package, remove that package by issuing the following command:
```
rpm -e package_directory
```
  5. Go to the /root directory and open the vpd.properties file in a text editor.
  6. Remove all lines that start with WC80xxxx.
  7. Save the file and exit.
- 1. Ensure that you are logged on with a user profile that has *SECOFR authority.
  2. Start a Qshell session by entering the following from a command line:
```
STRQSH
```
  3. Change your current directory to the WebSphere Commerce _uninst directory.
```
cd wc_installdir/_uninstall
```
  4. Run the uninstall command: uninstall.qsh