Uninstalling an installation

Remember: You must be a root user or a user with administrator privileges to uninstall the product.

To uninstall the compiler, you can use either SMIT or installp to remove the compiler filesets.

If you attempt to remove a fileset that is required by another installed fileset, the selected fileset will not be removed unless its dependents are also being removed.

Using SMIT

To uninstall IBM® COBOL for AIX®, V4.1 using the SMIT interface, enter the following command:

smit remove
In the SOFTWARE name field, enter the fileset names (wildcards accepted) separated by a space. If you have PL/I for AIX installed, you must not remove any filesets which are shared between the compilers. In this case, enter the following name in the field:
cobol.* 
Otherwise, enter the following name in the field:
cobol.* SdU.* 

To uninstall the IBM Debugger for AIX, V7.1 engine on AIX, also enter the following name in the field:

ibmdebugger*

In the REMOVE dependent software? field, select yes.

To preview the uninstallation, set the PREVIEW only? value to yes.

Using installp

To uninstall IBM COBOL for AIX, V4.1 using the installp command, enter the following command:
installp -u filesets
where filesets is the list of filesets (wildcards accepted) to uninstall.
If you have PL/I for AIX installed, you must not remove any filesets which are shared between the compilers. In this case, filesets are as follows:
'cobol.*'
Otherwise, filesets are as follows:
'cobol.*' 'SdU.*' 
To uninstall the IBM Debugger for AIX, V7.1 engine on AIX, enter the following command:
installp -u ibmdebugger

To uninstall the Windows remote debug interface, see the instructions in idebug.install_7.1.0\README.idebug.txt.

For the latest information regarding the IBM Debugger for AIX, V7.1, check the README file for the debugger. You can find the README file for the debugger in /usr/idebug/readme/.

Cleaning up kernel and library memory

To remove any currently unused modules in kernel and library memory, enter the following command:
slibclean