Removing the DS CLI using your System i system directly

Complete this task to remove the DS CLI through the direct use of your System i system.

You cannot use the conventional DS CLI removal methods that are used on other systems because the installation of the DS CLI on your System i system was done from a remote system. The remote installation does not allow the creation of an uninstaller that can be used directly by your System i system for the removal process. However, it is possible to use your System i system directly (bypassing the uninstaller) to remove the DS CLI application.

You cannot use the uninstaller that was created for the DS CLI when you originally installed the DS CLI because it was created for the remote system that you used for the installation and not for the System i system.

You can perform this procedure at any time. However, it is common to perform this procedure when you want to remove the DS CLI from your system, but you do not intend to perform an associated upgrade of the DS CLI application.

Note: The i5/OS direct removal method requires that you use the i5/OS console mode and that you issue an i5/OS command. The following steps presume that you are logged in to the i5/OS and have the authority to issue a removal command.

Perform the following steps to remove the DS CLI through the direct use of your System i system:

Issue the following command from your i5/OS application:

RUNJVA CLASS(run) PARM('-console') 
CLASSPATH('/QIBM/ProdData/Java400/jt400ntv.jar:/yourdir/_uninst
/uninstall.jar')

Substitute your uninstall directory for yourdir.

Wait until the uninstall process is complete before you continue with your next process.