Since in this guide we installed WAS ND Liberty Profile using IM, we will use IM to uninstall. Navigate to the IM eclipse/tools directory
| cd /opt/IBM/InstallationManager/eclipse/tools |
Prepare the imcl command using the following suntax
| ./imcl uninstall com.ibm.websphere.liberty.ND.v85 -installationDirectory installation_directory |
Run the uninstall action
| ./imcl uninstall com.ibm.websphere.liberty.ND.v85_8.5.5000.20130514_1313 -installationDirectory /var/apps/was8nd.5.5_LP |
Result:
| ERROR: Expected installed package com.ibm.websphere.liberty.ND.v85 8.5.5000.20130514_1313, found 8.5.5004.20141121_1911. |
OR
| [root@localhost tools]# ./imcl uninstall com.ibm.websphere.liberty.ND.v85_8.5.5000.20130514_1313 -installationDirectory /var/apps/was8nd.5.5_LP ERROR: Expected installed package com.ibm.websphere.liberty.ND.v85 8.5.5000.20130514_1313, found 8.5.5004.20141121_1911. [root@localhost tools]# ./imcl uninstall com.ibm.websphere.liberty.ND.v85 -installationDirectory /var/apps/was8nd.5.5_LP ERROR: The following errors were generated while uninstalling. CRIMA1059E ERROR: Cannot uninstall IBM WebSphere Application Server Liberty Network Deployment because IBM WebSphere SDK Java Technology Edition Version 7.0 for Liberty requires components from it. ERROR: In root installation context: ERROR: Installation context “com.ibm.websphere.liberty.java.installcontext” was not resolved Failed to uninstall com.ibm.websphere.liberty.ND.v85_8.5.5004.20141121_1911 from the /var/apps/was8nd.5.5_LP directory. |
Reasons:
We have applied a fixpack and we have also applied an SDK
To uninstall using IM, we would need to do things in reverse order i.e. remove the fixpack, then the IBM SDK update, then we can remove your Liberty Installation.
Alternatively, don’t use IBM installation manager, however this is a process where you would need to maybe use installation manager to produce a golden copy, then distribute via archive. This is only important when using Liberty Profile, if you are using Liberty Runtime, then your approach would be for extraction/archive as you are dealing only with applications that need a Web Profile and so the installation footprint is circa 50-60 MB.