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Questions tagged [uninstall]

Uninstall is the opposite of "install." It is the process of removing something, such as as a program from an operating system, or a hardware component from a server.

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I can't get rid of apache2

It's obvious that I am a newbie with server administration; my goal is to reach the knowledge needed to working with web services. I played with my Debian server, and I messed up apache2; Now I want to completely* remove it from the server and then…
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How do I uninstall PHP and Apache on linux?

Now it's installed wrongly, I need to uninstall and reinstall them. They're installed from source. How can I efficiently uninstall them first? I tried make uninstall in php_source_dir,but only got: make: *** No rule to make target `uninstall'. …
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How to remove OneDrive via PowerShell

Just wondering if anyone can successfully uninstall OneDrive using PowerShell on Windows 10/11. The uninstall flag on the executable doesn't remove it even if processes are killed first. OneDriveSetup.exe /uninstall The command doesn't appear to be…
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How to suppress Uninstall-Package prompting to install nuget

I am writing a script to go through our fleet of Windows machines, search for a couple of applications, and uninstall them if found. To achieve this, I am using two commands Get-Package Uninstall-Package The way in which I am doing this remotely,…
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Uninstall a single server instance through the registry

I'm running SQL Server 2014 and have 50 separate instances running. This is the max limit of number of instances for this version and I obviously need to uninstall some instances and clean up. However upon research it looks like there's a bug which…
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Full Silent Uninstall of Tomcat on Windows

When running the silent uninstall command: "C:\Program Files\Apache Software Foundation\Tomcat 8.5\Uninstall.exe" /S -ServiceName="Tomcat8" Tomcat is uninstalled but it leaves behind a bunch of files in the conf, logs and webapps folders. When…
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Windows 7 Uninstalling Software Fails on Several Computers Consistently

I have several computers that seem to have trouble uninstalling software consistently. They are Windows 7 machines in an Active Directory domain. Basically I have been trying to push software updates through SCCM and it has worked on the majority…
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Prevent debian package from being removed by puppet

is there a way to prevent a debian package from being removed? I want to prevent any resolution of "replaces" and "breaks" attributes that would lead to removing that package while being able to upgrade it. Everything is fine as long as that package…
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How do I reinstall the Search/Indexing Feature on Server 2012 R2?

We have trouble with the SearchIndexer on Windows 2012 R2. Microsoft suggests do uninstall the feature and reinstall it. Where can I do that in Windows Server 2012? Can't find the feature in the feature list.
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WINSRV | Unable to remove Remote Desktop Service Web Access (0x800f0922)

I have a big problem, because I can't uninstall the Remote Desktop Service Web Access role. I am always getting error code 0x800f0922. When I want to uninstall it with IIS, my server restarts and says service error - reverting. I have already…
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Errors when using gitlab-ctl uninstall

After trying to install gitlab using the .deb package they provide, I gave it up and now I wan't to uninstall it. But when I run "sudo gitlab-ctl uninstall" it only get: I have absolutely no idea what I can do know and I hope that reinstalling…
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change configure -prefix in apache 2.2.18 installation linux

I have installed apache2.2.18 on my linux server. However, while configuring it using ./configure –prefix=PREFIX command i gave a wrong prefix. I noticed it after running make install command as files got installed at wrong folder. I wanted to…
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Dell PowerEdge R710 ESXi installation [on which disk should I install?]

Im very new to the whole virtualization thing. I have a server that I can learn on, its Dell PowerEdge R710. I tried to install ESXi 5.5 on it. I booted from my CD with ESXi 5.5 I downloaded from VMware, and had some doubts where should I install…
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Windows event viewer application logs lost after reboot

I need to check event viewer's application logs for uninstall events. So, I filtered them on MSIInstaller. Turns out I can see logs only upto last reboot which was just a few hours ago from writting this question. But I need to see logs upto last 30…
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Uninstall Ruby on Rails on CentOS 6

How can I remove Ruby on Rails and all associated gems? I tried yum remove ruby but get this response: yum remove ruby Loaded plugins: fastestmirror, security Setting up Remove Process No Match for argument: ruby Loading mirror speeds from cached…
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