Preparing for uninstall

If the purpose of your install is preparing to install a new version of InterBase, backup all databases first before uninstalling. You may also want to backup your security database (isc4.gdb or admin.ib) if you want to save your users of the server. Refer to chapter 8 of the Interbase 7 Operations Guide manual on how to backup a database. If you have custom settings in your ibconfig file you may wish to make a copy of it. Finally, if you are upgrading to a point release of InterBase (for example: 7.0 to 7.1) you may wish to make a copy of your iblicense.dat file as well. If you are upgrading to a new major version (for example: 6.5 to 7.1) your iblicense.dat file is not interchangeable between versions.

Windows

• Go to the start menu, select Control Panel and select InterBase Manager.
• In Interbase Manager, click the Stop button.

  Make sure you have the Java Virtual Machine (JVM) installed. Otherwise, following the remaining steps will result in the error "You must install the Java virtial machine to run this uninstall".

• Go to the start menu, select Control Panel and select Add or Remove Programs.
  
• Select Borland InterBase 7.1 from the list of installed programs and click the Change/Remove button.
• Follow the prompts in the dialogs that appear to uninstall the product.

Linux

First stop the InterBase server by running:

ibmgr -shut -user someusername -password thepassword

For additional information on shutting down the server see page 3-7 in the InterBase 7 Operations Guide Manual.

On Linux InterBase is installed as a RPM. You use the rpm utility to uninstall InterBase.

To list the InterBase package installed execute:

rpm -qa |grep Interbase

To remove the InterBase 7.1 package execute:

rpm -e InterbaseSS_LI-V7.1.0-1

Solaris

First stop the InterBase server by running:

ibmgr -shut -user someusername -password thepassword

For additional information on shutting down the server see page 3-7 in the InterBase 7 Operations Guide Manual.

On Solaris InterBase is installed as a standard package. To list the InterBase package installed execute:

pkginfo | grep InterBase

To remove the InterBase 7.1 package execute:

pkgrm IBCS71

Installation does not remove all files created by InterBase from your hard disk

The following files may not deleted when uninstalling and you may wish to delete them manually after uninstalling:

IBCENSE.DAT
BORLAND.LIC
REG312.TXT
WINDOWS\SYSTEM32\GDS32.DLL
ISC4.GDB
ADMIN.IB
WINDOWS\SYSTEM\IBMGR.CPL
*.SLIP