Quick Beginnings for DB2 Universal Database for UNIX

Step 5. Remove DB2 Products

You must stop all outstanding DB2 processes before removing the DB2 products.

The following steps describe how to remove DB2 products on UNIX operating systems.

You can remove the DB2 products on AIX using the SMIT interface as follows:

Log in as user with root authority.
Type smit install_remove to proceed directly to the Remove Software Products screen.
Press F4 to display a list of the software to remove. Press F7 at some or all of the entries that have a prefix of db2_05_00.
Note: For a detailed description of the software packages, see Appendix B. Contents of the DB2 Products.
Press Enter to start removing the DB2 products.

You can also remove all DB2 Version 5 products on AIX, using the installp command with the de-install option:

   installp -u db2_05_00

You can remove the DB2 products on the HP-UX operating system using the swremove program as follows:

You can remove the DB2 products on the SCO UnixWare 7 operating system using the scoadmin program as follows:

Log in as user with root authority.
Use the scoadmin command to remove some or all of the DB2 Version 5 products.

You can remove the DB2 products on the Solaris operating system using the pkgrm program as follows:

Log in as user with root authority.
Determine the packages for all DB2 for Solaris related products you have installed on your system by entering:
```
   pkginfo | grep -i db2 | grep 50
```
Remove all packages listed in step 2 with the pkgrm command.
Select Yes at the prompt for each package to be removed.
Before removing a package, all its dependent packages must be removed first. You must remove packages in the following order:
1. db2ht%L50
2. db2ms%L50
3. db2adts50
4. db2adt50
5. db2cent50
6. db2entp50
7. db2wkgp50
8. db2cnvt50
9. db2cnvc50
10. db2cnvk50
11. db2cnvj50
12. db2smpl50
13. db2repl50
14. db2conn50
15. db2das50
16. db2cipx50
17. db2cdrd50
18. db2csna50
19. db2crte50
20. db2engn50
21. db2rte50
22. db2jdbc50
23. db2odbc50
24. db2cliv50
Where %L is the language/locale identifier
Note: See Appendix B. Contents of the DB2 Products for a list of packages for Solaris.

You can also use the db2_deinstall command to remove products as follows:

Mount the CD-ROM as described in Step 3. Mount the CD-ROM.
Go the appropriate /cdrom mount directory.
Run the db2_deinstall command.
The command lists the products installed and will de-install them in the correct order.

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