Uninstalling on Linux

You can permanently remove Isight and the FLEXnet or DS license service at any time, as conditions warrant. This process involves stopping the license server and Isight, removing the software, and deleting any directories and files that are left behind.

If you have multiple releases of Isight installed on a single computer using local FLEXnet license files, uninstalling one release of Isight may delete the FLEXnet license server used by the other installations. If your FLEXnet license server is deleted, you will need to reinstall the license server.

  1. If the Isight Design Gateway or Runtime Gateway is running, stop it.
  2. If you are running a FLEXnet license server with your Isight installation, you need to stop the server and remove it:
    1. Perform one of the following actions:

      • Log in as root (obtain root permissions).

      • Verify that you have permission to write to the /etc/ directory.

    2. Change to the following directory: 

      <isight_install_dir>/linux_a64/Licence/

    3. Execute the following command to stop the FLEXnet license manager:

      ./flexlm stop

      A message appears stating that your license manager was shut down successfully.

    4. Execute the following command:

      ./flexlm uninstall

      A message appears informing you that the FLEXnet startup script has been removed. The process is complete when you are returned to the prompt.

    5. Delete the directory: 

      <isight_install_dir>/linux_a64/Licence/

  3. If you are running a DS license server, follow the instructions in the section "Uninstalling the Dassault Systemes License Server" of the DS License Server Installation and Configuration Guide (DSLS.pdf).
  4. Verify that you are logged in as the same user that installed Isight.

    Important: You must be logged in as the same user that installed Isight or the uninstaller will not be able to completely remove the software.

  5. Navigate to the <isight_install_dir> directory and execute the following command:

    ./Uninstall

  6. Log out of your system, and then log back into your system.
  7. Log in as root (obtain root permissions).

    Although it is not necessary to be root to delete all the temporary files, it is necessary for some of the files.

  8. Navigate to the directory that contains the top level of your Isight installation.

    For example, if you installed Isight in /opt/SIMULIA/Isight/2023, navigate to the /opt/SIMULIA/Isight directory.

  9. Delete the 2023 directory and all of its contents.
  10. Navigate to the $HOME directory for the user that installed Isight.
  11. Delete the following items, if they are present:

    • .fiper.preferences file (notice the leading “.” in the file name)

    • locallib_2023 directory

    • isightdb-2023 directory

    • fiper directory

    • any Isight logs (such as the installation and uninstallation logs)

  12. Navigate to the following directory:

    /var/tmp/

  13. Delete the flexlm.log file (if it is present).
  14. Delete any directories named fiper_user, where user is the user name of a someone who uses the system on which Isight was installed. These are Isight temporary directories.

    The Isight removal process is complete.