Uninstalling Spotfire Server

The fourth step of uninstalling the Spotfire environment is to uninstall the Spotfire Server.

About this task

Note: If you have placed any additional files in the installation directory or any of its subdirectories, such as Spotfire library export files, you should move these files to a secure location before uninstalling. The installer will remove the installation directory and all its subdirectories.

Windows

About this task

Uninstallation of Spotfire Server is performed through the regular Windows procedure.

Procedure

Before uninstalling a Spotfire Server, the server must be stopped. See Starting or stopping Spotfire Server (Windows) .
On each computer with a Spotfire Server installed, click Start > Control Panel > Programs and Features > Uninstall or change a program.
Right-click Spotfire Server and select Uninstall.
After successful uninstallation, only use-modified files (such as custom JDBC drivers) remain on the computer.

RPM Linux

About this task

Note: To be able to uninstall on Linux, you must have root access.

Procedure

Before uninstalling a Spotfire Server, the server must be stopped. See Starting or stopping Spotfire Server (Linux).
On each computer with a Spotfire Server installed, uninstall the server by running the command:
```
rpm -e spotfireserver-<version number>
```
After a successful uninstallation, only modified files in tomcat/conf remain.

Tarball Linux

About this task

These steps are needed only if you have installed a service manually. If you have not installed a service, run only step 4 of the following procedure.

On each computer with a Spotfire Server installed, uninstall the server by running the commands in this procedure from the command line.

Before you begin

To be able to uninstall on Linux, you must have root access.

Procedure

Stop the Spotfire server service by running the following command.
```
systemctl stop spotfireserver-<version number>
```

Remove the Spotfire Server service by running the following commands.

rm -f /usr/lib/systemd/system/spotfireserver-<version number>.service 
rm -f /lib/systemd/system/spotfireserver-<version number>.service

Reload all unit files and clear out failed units by running the following commands:
```
systemctl daemon-reload
systemctl reset-failed
```
Remove the folder with Spotfire Server files by running the following command:
```
rm -rf <folder where the tarball was installed>
```