Subject Re: [firebird-support] uninstall ib6 from linux
Author Helen Borrie
At 12:29 AM 11/02/2005 +0000, you wrote:


>hi,
>i'd like to install fb1.03 in mandrake 9, how to uninstall ib6 that
>is running now? thanks.
>
>frank

1. Detach all clients.
2. Take a transportable gbak of all databases, including isc4.gbk.

3. If it was SS, cd to the IB root directory and shutdown the server:

./ibmgr -shut -user sysdba -password yourpaswd.

4. do
rpm -qa | grep Inter
to find out the package that was installed.

4. Now su root if you're not already, and do
rpm -e Name_of_Package (package name copied character-for-character from
the qa listout)

That's it.

./heLen