User Guide

Installing Kaspersky Anti-Virus SMTP-Gateway 25
CHAPTER 4. UNINSTALLING
KASPERSKY SMTP-
GATEWAY
To uninstall Kaspersky SMTP-Gateway, you should have root privileges. If you
are currently logged under a user account with lesser privileges, log on as a
root.
The uninstallation process will automatically stop the application!
When you are uninstalling Kaspersky SMTP-Gateway, the application will be
stopped, and all files and directories created during installation will be deleted.
However, files and directories created or modified by the administrator, such as
the application configuration file, notification templates, and the quarantine and
backup directories, archives of received and sent messages, anti-virus
databases, license key file, will remain.
There are several different ways to run the uninstall procedure, depending on the
package manager you used. Below is a detailed discussion of these options:
If you installed the application from the rpm package, type the following
string to uninstall Kaspersky SMTP-Gateway:
rpm -e <package_name>
If you installed the application from the deb package, type the following
string to uninstall Kaspersky SMTP-Gateway:
dpkg -r <package_name>
If you installed the application from the universal package (tar.gz),
type the following string to uninstall Kaspersky SMTP-Gateway:
/opt/kav/5.0/smtpgw/setup/uninstall.pl
If you installed the application from the pkg package, type the
following string to uninstall Kaspersky SMTP-Gateway:
pkg_delete <package_name>
After the application has been successfully removed from your server, you will
see a corresponding message on your screen.