Removing or modifying installations (UNIX, Linux)

You can remove a database server and the Informix® client products or remove only the database server.

You must be logged in as root or for non-root installations, as the owner of the database server.

If you have multiple installations of the product on the computer, the uninstallation application affects only the database server installation that is located in the $INFORMIXDIR path that you specify in the command. After Informix® products are removed, you can manually delete the $INFORMIXDIR directory. It is not deleted automatically.

Removing an Informix® software bundle installation

If you installed Informix® client products, such as, Informix® Connect, or the Informix® JDBC Driver together in the same directory, you can quickly uninstall the database server and the client products at the same time.

To remove the database server and client product installations that are installed in the same folder, run one of the following commands:

  • Console mode:

    $INFORMIXDIR/uninstall/uninstall_server/uninstallserver -i console

  • GUI mode:

    $INFORMIXDIR/uninstall/uninstall_server/uninstallserver -i gui

Removing a database server

To remove a database server installation:

  1. Run one of the following commands:

    Console mode:

    $INFORMIXDIR/uninstall/uninstall_ids/uninstallids -i console

    GUI mode:

    $INFORMIXDIR/uninstall/uninstall_ids/uninstallids -i gui
  2. Follow the prompts in the uninstallation application.