Delete a package using pucl
Remove packages from a repository location with the IBM Packaging Utility command line (pucl).
Create a keyring file if you are using repositories that require authentication. See Storing credentials for information about how to create a keyring file.
Deleting from remote HTTP and FTP repositories is not supported. You cannot use HTTP or FTP repositories as target repositories.
Procedure
- Open a command-line utility.
- Open the Packaging Utility directory.
install_dir\IBM\Packaging Utility
- Run the delete command:
pucl delete packageID_packageVersion -target target_repository
Include quotation marks around filepaths that have spaces. Examples:
- Windows as an administrator: pucl.exe delete com.ibm.package_7.2 -target "C:\IBM\IBM_Packages\"
- Linux and UNIX as an administrator: ./pucl delete com.ibm.package_7.2 -target /var/ibm/ibm_packages/