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authorChris Akritidis <43294513+cakrit@users.noreply.github.com>2019-02-02 12:54:15 +0100
committerGitHub <noreply@github.com>2019-02-02 12:54:15 +0100
commitdf73e4f13aa6a22a76294962acd0d6a177e8099f (patch)
treeb920124b97d91dc6968b394464237db7a02405cc /packaging
parent42d848538f382b95c413e2f40bfea4613ab1c1a0 (diff)
Clarify that uninstaller.sh needs to be downloaded (#5315)
Also fix the header. Related to #5290.
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1 files changed, 3 insertions, 3 deletions
diff --git a/packaging/installer/UNINSTALL.md b/packaging/installer/UNINSTALL.md
index e0f3dca88f..511693b483 100644
--- a/packaging/installer/UNINSTALL.md
+++ b/packaging/installer/UNINSTALL.md
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-## Uninstalling netdata
+# Uninstalling netdata
Our self-contained uninstaller is able to remove netdata installations created with shell installer. It doesn't need any other netdata repository files to be run. All it needs is an .environment file, which is created during installation (with shell installer) and put in ${NETDATA_USER_CONFIG_DIR}/.environment (by default /etc/netdata/.environment). That file contains some parameters which are passed to our installer and which are needed during uninstallation process. Mainly two parameters are needed:
```
@@ -14,8 +14,8 @@ A workflow for uninstallation looks like this:
NETDATA_PREFIX="<installation prefix>" # put what you used as a parameter to shell installed `--install` flag. Otherwise it should be empty
NETDATA_ADDED_TO_GROUPS="<additional groups>" # Additional groups for a user running netdata process
```
-3. Run ./packaging/installer/netdata-uninstaller.sh --yes --env <path_to_environment_file>
-4. Done
+3. Download [netdata-uninstaller.sh](https://github.com/netdata/netdata/blob/master/packaging/installer/netdata-uninstaller.sh) and run it as follows: `netdata-uninstaller.sh --yes --env <path_to_environment_file>`. The default `path_to_environment_file` is `/etc/netdata`, it's the location of the file `.environment` that is used by the uninstaller.
+
Note: This uninstallation method assumes previous installation with netdata-installer.sh or kickstart script. Currently using it when netdata was installed by a package manager can work or cause unexpected results.