Uninstall 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 WebSphere Portal.
To manually uninstall WebSphere Portal:
- Ensure that you are logged in as the root user before performing the uninstallation task; this step is especially important if you operate WebSphere Portal with a non-root user.
- Run the ./stopServer.sh WebSphere_Portal -username admin_userid -password foo task, from the WP_PROFILE/bin directory, to stop the WebSphere_Portal server.
- Verify that there are no other installations or uninstallations running.
- Locate and delete the /tmp/portalinstall.lockfile file if present.
The Portal installer creates the portalinstall.lockfile to prevent two installations or uninstallations from running simultaneously. This is a temporary file and ordinarily gets deleted when the installation or uninstallation successfully completes, but it may not get deleted during an aborted or crashed procedure. Until this file is deleted, it will not be possible to initiate another installation.
- Uninstall WAS; if you need to manually uninstall it, refer to Uninstall manually.
- To edit the vpd.properties file and remove WebSphere Portal information:
- Open the /vpd.properties or /root/vpd.properties file.
- Remove all lines that contain the $PORTAL_HOME installation string.
- Save and close the vpd.properties file.
- To edit the .ITLMRegistry file and remove WebSphere Portal information:
- Open the /root/.ITLMRegistry file.
- Remove all lines that contain the $PORTAL_HOME installation string.
- Save and close the .ITLMRegistry file.
- Delete the $PORTAL_HOME directory tree and the WP_PROFILE directory tree.
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Uninstall WebSphere Portal on Linux