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I have installed ApacheDS form this link http://directory.apache.org/apacheds/download/download-linux-bin.html

It is installed in the opt folder.

How can I uninstall it?

Umesha Gunasinghe
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Ok, so you must have root access then? The 32-bit .bin I've just downloaded attempted to install files to /opt/apacheds-[$VERNUM]/, /etc/init.d/, and /var/lib/apacheds-[$VERNUM]. Because all of those locations should be protected against user writes in all linux distributions by default that I'm aware of, I will assume you can escalate privileges as necessary to perform the following actions.

Another assumption I will go on is that you chose the default installation locations offered you when the .bin installer requested you provide configuration options for installation paths. When I ran it just now it asked me a question per path and I had only to press the "ENTER" key to continue using its defaults.

If you're uncertain about how to obtain root access try to prefix each command with sudo, and, failing that, try running the command su once alone before attempting to run any of the following.

### First verify install paths with root level find command
# find / -type d -name *apacheds* ; find /etc/init.d -name *apacheds*
### Review outputs of above commands and verify they match the following \
### globbing rm command before running it.
### CAUTION: If used incorrectly rm -rf could do some very annoying damage 
# rm -rf /{opt,var/lib,etc/init.d}/apacheds*
mikeserv
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  • well I installed the 64 bit version with default configurations. I managed to delete the opt file by using rm /opt/apacheds-2.0.0-M15/ -R and removed the user that got created for login. I am not sure whether it was entirely deleted. – Umesha Gunasinghe Nov 05 '13 at 16:25