Uninstalling the Admin Component

Uninstall the Admin module using the platform-specific uninstaller and the process described in this section. Deleting the installation directory alone will not properly uninstall the application.

To uninstall FlexNet Manager for Engineering Applications Admin:

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Export your Admin configuration. See the section Exporting Configuration Settings in Configuring FlexNet Manager for Engineering Applications.

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Save any custom files to another location.

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Stop FlexNet Manager for Engineering Applications Admin.

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If the Admin component was installed to run as a Windows service, the uninstaller also stops and uninstalls the Windows service.

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If you set up the Admin component to start on boot on UNIX, delete the service script from where you installed it.

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Close all files and folders in the FlexNet Manager for Engineering Applications installation directory.

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Run the uninstaller.

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UNIX platforms—Run the product’s uninstaller from the FlexNet Manager for Engineering Applications Admin installation directory using the command flexnet uninstall. The UNIX uninstaller is not interactive.

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Windows platforms—Uninstall by doing one of the following. The Windows uninstaller is interactive.

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Uninstall the Admin component using the Add or Remove Programs panel, available from the Control Panel.

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At the command line, run the application’s uninstaller from the FlexNet Manager for Engineering Applications Admin installation directory using the command:

flexnet uninstall

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The uninstaller removes all files in the installation directory (admin_install_directory) except those in the config, custom, data, and logs directories. If you are upgrading to a later version of FlexNet Manager for Engineering Applications, you need to retain the config, data, and logs directories.

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Upgrading to a later version: If you are upgrading to a later version of FlexNet Manager for Engineering Applications, delete only the custom directory.

Important:Do not delete the config, data, or logs directories because these directories are required for the upgrade process to be successful.

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Not upgrading: If you are simply uninstalling FlexNet Manager for Engineering Applications Admin and are not planning on upgrading to a later version, you can delete the entire FlexNet Manager for Engineering Applications Admin directory if you do not want to retain any of the files contained in the config, custom, data, or logs directories.