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Tech Tip : CA Single Sign-On : CAPKI uninstall tool does not work 

Jul 27, 2018 10:53 AM

Question:

 

In my server I have a CAPKI installation, and due to some issues with another CA product installed in the same box I would like to remove it and install the one coming with the SDK. But when I go to the current CAPKI folder and use the uninstall program, nothing happens. I run the program as follows:

 

uninstaller remove caller=<the_other_product_caller_ID> Verbose

 

But the uninstaller does not return anything, and CAPKI is not removed.

How we can remove it? Why it is not doing anything?

 

Environment:

SDK R12.52 SP1

Answer:

 

The uninstaller tool works in silent mode, so when you run it, it will not return anything on screen or in CLI, however it is generating a capki_install.log file in your /tmp, if you run Linux, or %TEMP% if you run Windows. The uninstallation is failing as the tool is case sensitive, so you should run:

 

uninstaller remove caller=<the_other_product_caller_ID> verbose

 

If you would check the capki_install.log you would see:

 

Unexpected command-line parameter: Verbose
Usage: uninstaller.exe <remove> caller=<CallerID> [options...]
where: CallerID is the parent application that is installing CAPKI, CallerID only accepts alpha-numeric values
options:
       instdir=path   to set installation directory path (absolute)
       verbose        to enable output of diagnoses messages
Remove unsuccessful, return value is 3

 

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