Uninstalling Liberty from distributed operating systems using the command line

You can uninstall WebSphere® Application Server Liberty using the Installation Manager command line.

Procedure

  1. Log on to your system.
  2. Stop all servers and applications on the WebSphere Application Server Liberty installation.
  3. Change to the eclipse/tools subdirectory in the directory where you installed Installation Manager.
  4. Use the imcl command to uninstall the offering.
    For Windows platforms 
    imcl.exe uninstall com.ibm.websphere.liberty.ND -installationDirectory installation_directory
    For LINUX platformsFor Solaris platformsFor HP UNIX platformsFor AIX platforms 
    ./imcl uninstall com.ibm.websphere.liberty.ND -installationDirectory installation_directory

    When you uninstall the WebSphere Application Server Liberty package, you must uninstall all the packages under the same package group that are extensions to the WebSphere Application Server Liberty package. IBM® SDK, Java™ Technology Edition, Version 8.0 for WebSphere Liberty using Installation Manager is such an extension.

    Go to the IBM Installation Manager product documentation for more information.

  5. Optional: Uninstall IBM Installation Manager.
    Important: Before you can uninstall IBM Installation Manager, you must uninstall all of the packages that were installed by Installation Manager.

    Read the IBM Installation Manager product documentation for information about using the uninstall script to perform this procedure.