2.6 Uninstalling Abaqus documentation

This section describes how to remove Abaqus documentation from your computer.

2.6.1 Linux platforms

The following procedures explain how to remove Abaqus documentation from Linux platforms.

To remove an installation of HTML and PDF documentation:

The Abaqus HTML and PDF documentation can be removed safely by using one of the following procedures to stop the web server and delete all of the installed documentation releases or a release-specific directory and all subordinate files. You must have administrator privileges to uninstall Abaqus components.

To remove all installed releases of the Abaqus documentation:
1. Set your current directory to the parent directory for the Abaqus documentation (doc_install_dir).
2. If you use the monitor process to serve the HTML documentation (i.e., the Abaqus web server) or use the monitor process to perform searches (i.e., an existing non-Abaqus web server), stop the monitor process using the command
```
Documentation/bin/monitor -k
```
3. Remove the documentation directory by typing the command
```
rm -rf Documentation
```
4. Remove the web 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.
5. Additional steps may be necessary if you are using an existing non-Abaqus web server. For more information, consult the Dassault Systèmes Knowledge Base at www.3ds.com/support/knowledge-base.
To remove a specific release of the Abaqus documentation:
1. Set your current directory to the doc_install_dir/Documentation directory.
2. If the release that you are removing uses the monitor process to serve the HTML documentation (i.e., the Abaqus web server) or uses the monitor process to perform searches (i.e., an existing non-Abaqus web server), stop the monitor process using the command
```
bin/monitor -k
```
3. Type the following commands
```
rm -rf installation_info/release
rm -rf texis/release
rm -rf docs/release
```
  where release refers to the release of the Abaqus documentation you wish to delete.
After you remove a release of the documentation, you can configure the web server to serve the remaining HTML collection using the following procedure:
1. Set your current directory to the doc_install_dir/Documentation directory.
2. Verify that the release number of the release that you wish to serve is referenced in the texis.cnf file as follows:
```
Default Database = %INSTALLDIR%/texis/release
```
  where release refers to the documentation release you wish to serve.
3. Run the command
```
installation_info/release/initializeExecutable
```
4. To start the web server to serve the remaining documentation collection, run the command
```
installation_info/release/startServer
```

To remove a PDF-only documentation installation:

Set your current directory to the parent directory for the Abaqus documentation (doc_install_dir).
Remove the documentation directory by typing the command
```
rm -rf Documentation
```

2.6.2 Windows platforms

You can use the Programs and Features control panel or the silent uninstaller batch files to remove Abaqus documentation. 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 installer. You may want to delete any remaining directories and files manually.

To remove an installation of HTML and PDF documentation:

The Abaqus HTML and PDF documentation can be removed in any of the following ways:

From the Start menu, select ProgramsAbaqus release DocumentationUninstall Documentation, where release refers to the release of the Abaqus documentation you wish to delete.
Use the Programs and Features control panel to Uninstall a program.
To use the Abaqus documentation silent uninstaller, execute the following batch file from the command line or from another batch/script file:
```
doc_install_dir\Documentation\installation_info\release\
   html_uninstaller\silent_doc_uninstall.bat
```

The documentation uninstallers generate the following log file:

doc_install_dir\Documentation\installation_info\release\
   uninstall_log.log

Other releases of the Abaqus documentation on your system are not affected by this procedure.

To remove a PDF-only documentation installation:

The Abaqus PDF documentation can be removed in any of the following ways:

From the Start menu, select ProgramsAbaqus release PDF DocumentationUninstall Documentation, where release refers to the release of the documentation you wish to delete.
Use the Programs and Features control panel to Uninstall a program.
To use the Abaqus documentation silent uninstaller, execute the following batch file from the command line or from another batch/script file:
```
doc_install_dir\Documentation\installation_info\release\
   html_uninstaller\silent_doc_uninstall.bat
```

The documentation uninstallers generate the following log file:

doc_install_dir\Documentation\installation_info\release\
   uninstall_log.log

Other releases of the Abaqus documentation on your system are not affected by this procedure.