Chapter 9. Uninstallation Options

After concluding development in one of the Red Hat Developer Studio Integration Stack tooling plug-ins, you can choose to uninstall either an entire category of plug-ins or individual plug-ins. Removing plug-ins that are no longer required provides continued stability and ensures optimal performance due to a smaller memory footprint. Uninstall a category of features to remove all related features efficiently, or select individual plug-ins to remove in a customized uninstall process.

9.1. Uninstalling an Entire Category of Developer Studio Integration Stack

To uninstall an entire category of Developer Studio Integration Stack:

  1. In Red Hat Central, click the Software/Update tab.

    Note

    If Red Hat Central is not visible, click Help → Red Hat Central.

  2. Click the Show installed check box.
  3. In the Features Available list, locate Developer Studio Integration Stack.

  4. Select the check boxes corresponding to the Developer Studio Integration Stack category to uninstall:

    1. For Red Hat Process Automation Manager, select Red Hat Business Process and Rules Development (BPEL, BPMN2, jBPMS6, Drools).
    2. For Red Hat Data Virtualization, select Red Hat Data Virtualization Development (Teiid Designer).
  5. Click Uninstall.
  6. Follow the on-screen instructions to complete the process of uninstalling the selected category.
  7. Restart the IDE to implement the changes. An immediate restart is recommended because the IDE may be unstable until a restart.

9.2. Uninstalling a Single Feature of Developer Studio Integration Stack

To uninstall a single feature of Developer Studio Integration Stack:

  1. Click Help → Installation Details.
  2. In the search field type the feature to uninstall.

  3. Click the feature to uninstall and click Uninstall.

    Note

    To delete more than one feature select the features while you press the Shift key.

  4. Follow the on-screen instructions to complete the process of uninstalling the selected feature.
  5. Restart the IDE to implement the changes. An immediate restart is recommended because the IDE may be unstable until a restart.