[firebird-support] How do I uninstall Firebird on Mac Yosemite?
Hi, I installed Firebird thinking it was a database program - like Filemaker Pro. Now I don’t know how to get rid of it. I installed this version: FirebirdCS-2.5.3-26780-x86_64.pkg I tried to use the script here: http://www.firebirdsql.org/rlsnotesh/install210.html#install2-macosx-uninst http://www.firebirdsql.org/rlsnotesh/install210.html#install2-macosx-uninst But it didn’t work (or I did something wrong). I did the following: - Copied the text of the script to my clipboard. - Opened Script Editor. - Created a new document. - Pasted the script info into the new document. - Tried to save the script and it says “Syntax Error - expected end of line, etc. but found “””.” PLEASE HELP ME UNINSTALL FIREBIRD!!!
[firebird-support] Re: How do I uninstall Firebird on Mac Yosemite?
Thanks... I'm terrible at this. Must I type "vi remove.sh" into the Terminal window first?
[firebird-support] Re: How do I uninstall Firebird on Mac Yosemite?
And then do I hit Enter/Return when I have pasted that info into the Terminal window?
[firebird-support] Re: How do I uninstall Firebird on Mac Yosemite?
Okay, so I did the following: 1) Opened a Terminal window 2) Typed 'vi remove.sh' [Enter] 3) Typed ':i' [Enter] 3) Pasted the text as above 4) Typed ':wq' [Enter] 5) Closed the Terminal window. When I closed the window, a dialog box popped up saying 'Do you want to close this Terminal window? Closing this window will terminate the running processes: vim.' I didn't know what to do, so I closed the window anyway. Nothing seems to happen. I really need an idiots guide here. I can do other things - play guitar, write music, DJ - but this Terminal stuff is really not my thing. I didn't know what I was getting myself into just by installing Firebird.
[firebird-support] Re: How do I uninstall Firebird on Mac Yosemite?
Thanks Mark, You're being very helpful... So my Terminal window looks like this after I quite (no dialog this time). Ryans-MBP:~ ryanashton1$ vi remove.sh Ryans-MBP:~ ryanashton1$ chmod 777 remove.sh Ryans-MBP:~ ryanashton1$ sudo remove.sh Password: sudo: remove.sh: command not found Ryans-MBP:~ ryanashton1$ sudo remove.sh sudo: remove.sh: command not found Ryans-MBP:~ ryanashton1$ sudo ./remove.sh Launchctl /Library/LaunchDaemons/org.firebird.gds.plist: Could not find specified service Remove Framework Remove Receipt Remove /tmp/firebird Ryans-MBP:~ ryanashton1$ Is that correct? Did it all work? Also, under Users and Groups in Preferences, there is a 'Firebird Database' User - that has login ability when I start my computer. Do I just delete this from the Preferences, or will it be deleted when I uninstall Firebird?
[firebird-support] Re: How do I uninstall Firebird on Mac Yosemite?
Helen, That's really not very helpful. I joined this group because I needed help uninstalling Firebird - after accidentally installing it - all the steps for uninstall - not just some of the steps. I don't know about you, but I got a ton of other things that I'm involved in, and while Firebird-related stuff might be high on your list of things to learn, it's waaayy down on my list of priorities - after improving my guitar, programming in Reaktor and Max 4 Live, traveling the world and about 5000 other things. I hope you can appreciate that. Regards, Ryan
[firebird-support] Re: How do I uninstall Firebird on Mac Yosemite?
I obviously am still doing something wrong as the 'Firebird' User is still on my startup screen. Here are the exact steps I took and there results: 1) Opened Terminal. 2) Typed 'vi remove.sh'. [Enter] 3) Terminal changes it's 'view' from 'bash' at the top to 'vim' and the following text is in the new window: #!/bin/sh echo "Launchctl" launchctl unload /Library/LaunchDaemons/org.firebird.gds.plist #echo "Clean User" #dscl localhost -delete /Local/Default/Users/firebird #echo "Clean Group" #dscl localhost -delete /Local/Default/Groups/firebird if [ -f "/Library/StartupItems/Firebird" ]; then echo "Remove Superserver StartupItem" rm -fr /Library/StartupItems/Firebird fi if [ -f "/Library/LaunchDemons/org.firebird.gds.plist" ]; then echo "Remove Launchd" launchctl unload /Library/LaunchDemons/org.firebird.gds.plist rm /Library/LaunchDemons/org.firebird.gds.plist fi echo "Remove Framework" rm -fr /Library/Frameworks/Firebird.framework echo "Remove Receipt" rm -fr /Library/Receipts/Firebird*.pkg echo "Remove /tmp/firebird" rm -fr /tmp/firebird ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ It seems that that is the correct text that should be in that window. Correct? If that is the case, then I shouldn't (didn't) paste the text again. 5) Typed ':wq' to exit vim. [Enter] 6) Typed 'chmod 777 remove.sh' [Enter] Ryans-MacBook-Pro:~ ryanashton1$ chmod 777 remove.sh Ryans-MacBook-Pro:~ ryanashton1$ 7) Typed 'sudo remove.sh' [Enter] It asks for a password. I presume this is the password I use to login to my Mac? 8) Typed my password. [Enter] Then the window says this: Ryans-MacBook-Pro:~ ryanashton1$ sudo remove.sh Password: sudo: remove.sh: command not found Ryans-MacBook-Pro:~ ryanashton1$ Clearly that is the reason it is not uninstalling.
[firebird-support] Re: How do I uninstall Firebird on Mac Yosemite?
How do I know which directory the remove.sh file is in? Can I find it from within the Finder? How do I find it using Terminal? How do I change directories to get into the directory that the file is in?
[firebird-support] Re: How do I uninstall Firebird on Mac Yosemite?
I tried it out and it said the following: Ryans-MacBook-Pro:~ ryanashton1$ ./remove.sh Launchctl /Library/LaunchDaemons/org.firebird.gds.plist: Could not find specified service Remove Framework Remove Receipt Remove /tmp/firebird
Re: [firebird-support] Re: How do I uninstall Firebird on Mac Yosemite?
Seems to have worked. Thanks for you help - and patience.
