Uninstalling GlassFish Server 5.0
Previous Contents

2 Uninstalling GlassFish Server 5.0

This chapter describes how to uninstall GlassFish Server Open Source Edition 5.0 software.

Removing a GlassFish Server Installation

This section describes how to remove GlassFish Server Open Source Edition 5.0 software.

The following topics are addressed here:

To Uninstall GlassFish Server Software After a ZIP File Installation

This procedure describes how to uninstall GlassFish Server software that was installed using a ZIP file, as described in Installing GlassFish Server From a ZIP File.

Before You Begin

Stop all domains and other related processes, including command prompts using the installation directory or its subdirectories and any applications using Java SE files.

To stop domains, use the asadmin stop-domain command. For more information about stopping a domain, see "To Stop a Domain" in GlassFish Server Open Source Edition Administration Guide.

If orphaned processes remain, identify and terminate the processes as follows:

  • Solaris, Linux, and Mac OS X systems:
    Use the ps -ef command and terminate the processes using the kill command.

  • Windows systems:
    Use the Task Manager and terminate the processes.

Also see "Known Issues" in GlassFish Server Open Source Edition Release Notes for known issues related to uninstallation.

  1. Save any files in the installation directory that you may want to keep.

  2. Manually delete installation directory and all its contents.

Previous Contents
Eclipse Foundation Logo  Copyright © 2019, Oracle and/or its affiliates. All rights reserved.