Uninstalling EDB Postgres Advanced Server on Linux v16
Note
After uninstalling EDB Postgres Advanced Server, the cluster data files remain intact, and the service user persists. You can manually remove the cluster data and service user from the system.
Uninstalling on RHEL/AlmaLinux/Rocky Linux
You can use dnf command to remove installed packages. Removing a package doesn't damage the EDB Postgres Advanced Server data directory.
Include the -e option when invoking the rpm command to remove an installed package:
rpm -e <package_name>
Where package_name is the name of the package that you want to remove.
You can use the dnf remove command to remove a package installed by dnf. To remove a package, at the command line, assume superuser privileges, and enter:
```text dnf remove <package_name> ```
Where package_name is the name of the package that you want to remove.
yum and rpm don't remove a package that's required by another package. If you attempt to remove a package that satisfies a package dependency, yum or rpm provides a warning.
Note
In RHEL or Rocky Linux or AlmaLinux 8 or 9, removing a package also removes all its dependencies that aren't required by other packages. To override this default behavior of RHEL or Rocky Linux or AlmaLinux 8 or 9, disable the clean_requirements_on_remove parameter in the /etc/yum.conf file.
To uninstall EDB Postgres Advanced Server and its dependent packages, enter:
dnf remove edb-as<xx>-server*
Where <xx> is the EDB Postgres Advanced Server version number.
Uninstalling on Debian or Ubuntu
To uninstall EDB Postgres Advanced Server, invoke the following command. The configuration files and data directory remains intact.
apt-get remove edb-as<xx>-server*
To uninstall EDB Postgres Advanced Server, configuration files, and data directory, invoke the following command:
apt-get purge edb-as<xx>-server*