Uninstalling Notes® silently
You can uninstall Notes® silently. The uninstall leaves each user's data directory and workspace intact to preserve data.
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If you are uninstalling a multi-user install, log in as an administrator or root user.
Windows™
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You can uninstall Notes® silently from a Windows™ client as follows.
Procedure
- Ensure that Notes® is not running.
- Open a command prompt window.
- Change to the directory in which the installation package uninstaller resides or specify the full path to the MSI file.
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Run the uninstall command. Sample syntax (for Notes 11.0.1) is as follows:
Note: The MSI file name changes for each subsequent Notes® release.
msiexec /x
HCL Notes 11.0.1.msi
/qnImportant: The silent uninstall works only if the installation files were unpacked and not removed after the setup was completed. If the installation files are retained, they include the MSI file being called by the MSI executable program from the command line to do the silent uninstall.
Linux™
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You can uninstall Notes® silently from a Linux™ client as follows.
Procedure
- Ensure that Notes® is not running.
- Open a Linux™ shell.
- Change to the directory in which the uninstaller resides or specify the full path to the uninstaller.
- Depending on whether you used an rpm kit (SUSE or Red Hat
platform) or a deb package (Ubuntu) to install Notes®, issue the appropriate commands to silently
uninstall Notes®.
- If you used an rpm kit, issue the following commands:
sudo rpm -ev ibm_sametime
sudo rpm -ev ibm_activities
sudo rpm -ev ibm_cae
sudo rpm -ev ibm_notes
- If you used a deb package, issue the following commands:
sudo dpkg -P ibm-sametime
sudo dpkg -P ibm-activities
sudo dpkg -P ibm-cae
sudo dpkg -P ibm-notes
- If you used an rpm kit, issue the following commands: