Running a silent uninstallation (UNIX, Linux)

You can run a silent uninstallation of and on UNIX and Linux operating systems.

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About this task

Silent uninstallation of and does not require a response file. A response file is required only if you want to customize the uninstallation. The only way to create the response file for silent uninstallation of a client product is to record a GUI or console uninstallation of the product in the first directory where you want to remove it. You cannot create the response file by modifying the template bundle.properties file.

To uninstall client products in silent mode:

Procedure

  1. Optional: If you want to create a response file, select a product installation that you want to uninstall with customized settings that are reusable for uninstallation of the same product on other computers.
  2. Optional: Start a or Informix® Connect product uninstallation application in GUI or console mode and specify the -i -r path_name option on the command line, replacing path_name with a full path to the response file that you want to record.
    For example, if you want to uninstall Informix® Connect in console mode and record the uninstallation in a response file at C:/informix/uninstall.ini, you would run:
    $INFORMIXDIR/uninstall/uninstall_connect/uninstallconnect -i -r uninstall.ini
    If you want to uninstall , use the uninstall/uninstall_csdk/uninstallclientsdk command. The -i -r path_name option can be used together with the -gui option in the same command line if you prefer to perform the uninstallation in GUI mode.
  3. Optional: Copy the response file to the computer where you want to uninstall the same client program.
  4. Run the uninstallation command for the product with the -i silent option. If you are using a response file, indicate the relative or absolute path to the response file after the -f option.
    Attention: Do not pass the -f path_name argument shown in the following example if you are not using a response file.
    • : uninstall/uninstall_csdk/uninstallclientsdk -i silent -f path_name
    • : uninstall/uninstall_connect/uninstallconnect -i silent -f path_name