2.5 Uninstalling Abaqus licensing or products

This section describes how to remove Abaqus licensing or product releases from your computer.

2.5.1 UNIX and Linux platforms

The following procedures explain how to remove Abaqus licensing or product releases from UNIX and Linux platforms.

To remove Abaqus licensing:

This procedure must be performed on the license server host, and you must be logged in as root or the owner of the license server.

Before you can remove the license server and license files, you must terminate the license server using the FLEXnet Licensing tool lmdown (see “lmdown,” Section 3.6.2).
Create a backup of any files you wish to keep, such as your Abaqus license file (typically named abaquslm.lic) and the FLEXnet Licensing server debug log file (typically named abaquslm.log).
Remove the files using the following procedure:
```
cd simulia_dir
rm -rf License
```
Remove the license server restart command from the computer's system startup file. Contact your system administrator or platform vendor for information on the system startup file for your computer.

To remove the Abaqus products:

You can remove a release of Abaqus by deleting the release-specific directory and all subordinate files. Your user account must have permission to delete the Abaqus release-specific directory.

Type the command
```
cd abaqus_dir
```
where abaqus_dir is the Abaqus parent directory.
Change the permissions of the directories and files by entering the command
```
chmod -R 755 6.11-n
```
where n refers to the update you wish to delete.
Remove the release or maintenance delivery by typing the command
```
rm -rf 6.11-n
```
where n refers to the update you wish to delete.
Links to the uninstalled Abaqus release will no longer be valid. You can remove an invalid link from the Commands directory by typing the command
```
rm link
```
where link refers to an invalid link name.
Alternatively, you can remove the entire Commands directory from the Abaqus parent directory (abaqus_dir) by typing the command
```
rm -rf Commands
```

2.5.2 Windows platforms

You can use the Windows uninstall shortcuts provided, the Add or Remove Programs tool, or the Abaqus silent uninstaller batch files to remove Abaqus licensing or products. The silent uninstallers allow you to automate these tasks from another batch/script file. The silent uninstallers are available only on Windows platforms. You must have Windows Administrator privileges to uninstall Abaqus components.

Both the Windows uninstall shortcuts and the silent uninstaller batch files generate a log file that you can review. The log file indicates whether the uninstall was successful and if you should reboot/restart your computer. This information is shown in the last two lines of the log file. For example,

Uninstall Status: SUCCESS
Restart Needed: YES_RECOMMENDED

The Uninstall Status line will indicate either SUCCESS or INCOMPLETE. The Restart Needed line will indicate either YES_RECOMMENDED, YES_REQUIRED, or NO.

The uninstallers may be unable to remove some files; for example, files that are open in another application. In addition, the uninstallers remove only directories and files that were written by the Abaqus installation procedure. You may want to delete any remaining directories and files manually.

To remove Abaqus licensing:

Abaqus licensing can be removed in any of the following ways:

From the Start menu, select ProgramsAbaqus LicensingUninstall Abaqus Licensing.
From the Start menu, select SettingsControl PanelAdd or Remove Programs. Select Abaqus licensing, and click Change or Remove Programs.
To use the Abaqus licensing silent uninstaller, execute the following batch file from the command line or from another batch/script file:
```
simulia_dir\License\installation_info\uninstaller\
   silent_license_uninstall.bat
```

The licensing uninstallers generate the following log file:

simulia_dir\License\installation_info\uninstall_log.log

You should create a backup of any files you wish to keep, such as your Abaqus license file (typically named abaquslm.lic) and the FLEXnet Licensing server debug log file (typically named abaquslm.log).

To remove the Abaqus products:

Abaqus products can be removed in any of the following ways:

From the Start menu, select ProgramsAbaqus releaseUninstall Abaqus release, where release refers to the Abaqus release.
From the Start menu, select SettingsControl PanelAdd or Remove Programs. Select Abaqus, and click Change or Remove Programs.
To use the Abaqus product silent uninstaller, execute the following batch file from the command line or from another batch/script file:
```
simulia_dir\abaqus_dir\release\installation_info\uninstaller\
   silent_product_uninstall.bat
```

The product uninstallers generate the following log file:

simulia_dir\abaqus_dir\release\installation_info\uninstall_log.log

The uninstallers remove the Abaqus shortcuts from all user profiles.