Use the IBM® Rational® Publishing Engine uninstaller
to uninstallRational Publishing Engine.
Procedure
To uninstall, select one of these uninstall procedures:
- For versions 1.1.2 and later, use IBM Installation Manager to
uninstall:
- Start Installation
Manager.
- Click Uninstall and select the Rational Publishing Engine installation.
Click Next.
- Review the summary page and click Uninstall to
remove the application files from the system.
- For any version, you can also uninstall Rational Publishing Engine using
the Add/Remove Programs in the Windows Control Panel:
- Uninstall Rational Publishing Engine using
the Add/Remove Programs in the Windows Control Panel.
- Uninstall the Rational Publishing Engine web
service:
- Shut down Apache Tomcat.
- Delete %CATALINA_HOME%/webapps/rpe.war file.
- Delete %CATALINA_HOME%/webapps/rpe folder.
- Delete %CATALINA_HOME%/temp/RPE, if such
folder exists.
- Manually uninstall the Rational Tau add-in
on Linux by deleting the folder %TAU_HOME%/addins/RPE from
the Tau installation.
What to do next
When you uninstall
Rational Publishing Engine,
the workspace folders are not removed as all the settings are preserved
for reuse if the same version is reinstalled. For a complete uninstall,
delete the workspace folders from the default location
%APPDATA%\IBM\Rational\RPE_installation_date.