PMDF Installation Guide
Linux Edition
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1.7 Deinstalling PMDF

Deinstallation of PMDF deletes only those files present in the distribution kit. In particular, deinstallation will not remove files such as the PMDF configuration file, /pmdf/table/pmdf.cnf, and other such site-generated files, and thus you will not need to reconfigure PMDF after deinstalling and reinstalling or upgrading.

1.7.1 Step-by-Step Deinstallation Instructions

  1. Deinstallation should be done by root. If you are not already logged in as root, do so now. 2.
  2. Move to the root directory: 


    # cd /

  3. Check what PMDF package you currently have installed; e.g., 


    # rpm -qa | grep pmdf
pmdf-6.4.0-0

  4. Use the rpm -e command to deinstall any PMDF package you have installed, e.g.: 


    # rpm -e pmdf-6.4.0-0

Note

2 If you are deinstalling PMDF so that you can upgrade to a later version, then the steps listed above are all that you need to do. However, if you are deinstalling PMDF permanently, and you want to restore native sendmail links, see the description of /pmdf/bin/symlink backout in Section 1.6. You also might want to remove the PMDF cron jobs.

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