Uninstalling manually on Linux

If the uninstallation program is not present or an aborted installation did not create a complete and functional uninstallation program, you can manually uninstall IBM^® WebSphere^® Portal Express.

Perform the following steps to manually uninstall WebSphere Portal Express:

Perform the following steps to manually uninstall DB2:
1. Read Uninstalling your DB2 product (Linux and UNIX) for information on how to manually uninstall DB2.
2. Optional: Perform the following steps to remove the DB2 user accounts and corresponding directories:
  1. Run the userdel -r user1; userdel -r user2 command to delete users.
  2. Run the groupdel -r group1; groupdel -r group2 command to delete groups.
  3. Remove the corresponding home directories for the users and groups that you deleted.
  4. Run the rm -Rf /var/db2 command to delete the DB2 registry on the machine.
  5. Run the rpm -e gsk7bas command to delete the gsk installed with DB2.
Delete the /opt/IBM/PortalServer directory tree.
Uninstall WebSphere Application Server; if you need to manually uninstall it, refer to Uninstalling manually.
Perform the following steps to edit the vpd.properties file and remove WebSphere Portal Express information:
1. Open the /vpd.properties or /root/vpd.properties file.
2. Remove all lines that contain the /opt/IBM/PortalServer installation string.
3. Save and close the vpd.properties file.
Perform the following steps to edit the .ITLMRegistry file and remove WebSphere Portal Express information:
1. Open the /root/.ITLMRegistry file.
2. Remove all lines that contain the /opt/IBM/PortalServer installation string.
3. Save and close the .ITLMRegistry file.

Perform the following steps to remove WebSphere Portal Express entries from your operating system's native registry using the native registry tool:

Search for the two entries in the Linux registry:

Entry	Results
`#rpm -qa \| grep IBMWPS`	If there are no matching entries when using this command, no further action is required for this entry. The resulting list of packages are in the "IBMWPScore 6.1.0-0" format.
`#rpm -qa \| grep WebSpherePortalProduct`	If there are no matching entries when using this command, no further action is required for this entry. The resulting list of packages are in the "WebSpherePortalProduct-6.1.0.-0" format.

Remove the #rpm –e IBMWPScore-6.1.0-0 and #rpm –e WebSpherePortalProduct-6.1.0-0 entries.