Uninstalling the Product Installed from the Repository

All commands mentioned below for package uninstallation require superuser (root) privileges. To elevate the privileges, use the su command (to change the current user) or the sudo command (to execute the specified command with other user’s privileges).

Debian, Mint, Ubuntu (apt)

To uninstall the root meta-package of Dr.Web for UNIX Internet Gateways, enter the following command:

# apt-get remove drweb-internet-gateways

To uninstall all the installed Dr.Web packages, enter the following command (in certain operating systems, the '*' character must be escaped: '\*'):

# apt-get remove drweb*

To automatically uninstall all packages that are no longer used, enter also the following command:

# apt-get autoremove

Please, note that uninstallation with the help of the apt-get command has the following special aspects:

1.The first mentioned variant of the command uninstalls only the drweb-internet-gateways package; any other packages that could have been automatically installed to resolve the dependencies of this package will remain in the system.

2.The second mentioned variant of the command uninstalls all the packages whose name starts with "drweb" (the standard name prefix for Dr.Web’s products). Note that this command uninstalls all packages with this prefix, not only those of Dr.Web for UNIX Internet Gateways.

3.The third mentioned variant of the command uninstalls all the packages that have been automatically installed to resolve dependencies of other packages and are no longer necessary (e.g., due to the uninstallation of the dependent packages). Note that this command uninstalls all packages that are not used, not only those of Dr.Web for UNIX Internet Gateways.

You can also use alternative managers (for example, Synaptic or aptitude) to uninstall packages.

ALT Linux, PCLinuxOS (apt-rpm)

In this case, uninstalling of Dr.Web for UNIX Internet Gateways is the same as on Debian and Ubuntu operating systems (see above).

You can also use alternative managers (for example, Synaptic or aptitude) to uninstall packages.

Mageia, OpenMandriva Lx (urpme)

To uninstall Dr.Web for UNIX Internet Gateways, enter the following command:

# urpme drweb-internet-gateways

To automatically uninstall all packages that are no longer used, enter the following command:

# urpme --auto-orphans drweb-internet-gateways

Please, note that uninstallation with the help of the urpme command has the following special aspects:

2.The second mentioned variant of the command uninstalls the drweb-internet-gateways package as well as all the packages that have been automatically installed to resolve dependencies of other packages and are no longer necessary (e.g., due to the uninstallation of the dependent packages). Note that this command uninstalls all packages that are not used, not only those of Dr.Web for UNIX Internet Gateways.

You can also use alternative managers (for example, rpmdrake) to uninstall packages.

Red Hat Enterprise Linux, Fedora, CentOS (yum, dnf)

To uninstall all the installed Dr.Web packages, enter the following command (in certain operating systems, the '*' character must be escaped: '\*'):

# yum remove drweb*

In the Fedora operating system, starting from version 22, it is recommended that instead of manager yum the manager dnf is used, for example:

# dnf remove drweb*

Please, note that uninstallation with the help of the yum (dnf) command has the following special aspects:

This variant of the command uninstalls all the packages whose name starts with "drweb" (the standard name prefix for Dr.Web’s products). Note that this command uninstalls all packages with this prefix, not only those of Dr.Web for UNIX Internet Gateways.

You can also use alternative managers (for example, PackageKit or Yumex) to uninstall packages.

SUSE Linux (zypper)

To uninstall Dr.Web for UNIX Internet Gateways, enter the following command:

# zypper remove drweb-internet-gateways

To uninstall all the installed Dr.Web packages, enter the following command (in certain operating systems, the '*' character must be escaped: '\*'):

# zypper remove drweb*

Please, note that uninstallation with the help of the zypper command has the following special aspects:

You can also use alternative managers (for example, YaST) to uninstall packages.