Cleaning a previous or partial Notes® installation from your client

Review these suggestions if you experience a problem installing or uninstalling Notes®.

About this task

Uninstall instructions are provided in this guide. If, after uninstalling a previous or partial release, you continue to experience install or uninstall problems, use the cleanup instructions that applies to your operating system.

Cleanup instructions for Windows™

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To clean a Notes® or partial Notes® install from your Microsoft™ Windows™ client, complete the following procedure:

Procedure

  1. Delete all folders in the Notes® install path\ except the \data folder.
  2. Back up the Notes® install path\data folder and then delete all subdirectories in install path\data. Do not delete any root-level files from the Notes® install path\data folder.
  3. If Notes® appears in your Add/Remove Program panel, run the Windows™ installer cleanup utility located at Microsoft™ Help and Support.
  4. Retry the installation.

Cleanup instructions for Linux™ as root user

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To clean a Notes® or partial Notes® install from your Linux™ client, complete the following procedure:

Procedure

  1. Remove install path/install.log (and any other log files that remain in that directory).
  2. Remove install path/framework.
  3. Remove /root/InstallShield (unless you have installed other programs on your system with InstallShield).
  4. Remove /root/ibm.
  5. Remove /root/install.log if present.
  6. Remove /root/install.xml if present.
  7. Remove /etc/ibm/notes if present.
  8. Retry the installation.

Cleanup instructions for Linux™ as non-root user

Procedure

  1. Remove /home/user name/ibm.
  2. Remove /home/user name/InternalProvisioning.log.
  3. Remove the contents of /tmp owned by user name.
  4. Retry the installation.