Q100135: How to uninstall old versions of Foundry Licensing Tools

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SUMMARY

Instructions on how to remove older versions of Foundry licensing tools are collected below.  The exact steps to remove older versions of Foundry licensing tools vary for the different versions and different operating systems.

 

FOUNDRY LICENSING TOOLS (FLT) 8.0

The Foundry Licensing Tools (FLT) 8.0 are installed using the Foundry Licensing Utility 8.1.6 and are the tools used to float RLM licenses.

The FLT 8.0 can be uninstalled using the Foundry Licensing Utility 8.1.6 by navigating to License Server > Uninstall > click Uninstall

Alternatively the tools can be uninstalled using the Windows Control Panel

  1. Launch Control Panel, navigate to Programs and Features
  2. Right click on FLT 8.0v0 and click Uninstall

Note: Due to a bug that affected the Foundry Licensing Utility 8.1.6 on macOS/OSX and Linux, the FLT 8.0 were not installable on these systems, if you are running a license server on these operating systems, please follow the steps to uninstall the FLT 7.3 below. More information on this bug can be found in the following article: Q100630: Resolving the “The Installation Failed” error when attempting to uninstall the license server via FLU 8.1.6 on Mac/Linux

 

FOUNDRY LICENSING TOOLS (FLT) 7.3, 7.1, 7.0

The Foundry Licensing Tools (FLT) 7.3 included server tools to float RLM licenses. FLT 7.1 and 7.0 included server tools for RLM and FLEXlm licenses.

OSX

  1. Open a Terminal (from Applications > Utilities)
  2. Run the following command:
    sudo /Applications/TheFoundry/LicensingTools7.3/uninstall.sh

Windows 7

  1. From the Start menu, navigate to > All Programs > The Foundry > FLT 7.3v2 
  2. Right-click on "Uninstall" and select "Run As Administrator".

Windows 10

  1. From the Start menu click on Settings and then Apps.
  2. Search for "FLT" in the Apps and Features list
  3. Select FLT 7.3v2 and click on Uninstall

Linux

  1. Open a Terminal
  2. Run the following command as root or with sudo:
    /usr/local/foundry/LicensingTools7.3/uninstall.sh 

 

Uninstalling FLT 7.1 and 7.0

The steps to uninstall FLT 7.1 or 7.0 are the same as 7.3, you just need to replace "7.3" with "7.1" or "7.0" in the steps above.  For example, to uninstall FLT 7.0v5 on Linux you would run the following command:

sudo /usr/local/foundry/LicensingTools7.0/uninstall.sh

 

FOUNDRY LICENSING TOOLS (FLT) 6.0

The Foundry Licensing Tools (FLT) 6.0 included server tools to float RLM licenses. 

OSX

  1. Open a Terminal (from Applications > Utilities)
  2. Run the following commands:
    cd /Applications/TheFoundry/LicensingTools6.0
    ./uninstall.sh

Windows

  1. From the start menu, navigate to All Programs > The Foundry > FLT 6.0 (32-bit)
  2. Right-click on Uninstall FLT 6.0 (32-bit) and select "Run As Administrator".

Linux 

  1. Open a Terminal
  2. Run the following commands as root or with sudo
    cd /usr/local/foundry/LicensingTools6.0
    sudo ./uninstall.sh

 

FOUNDRY FLEXlm TOOLS (FFT) 5.0

The Foundry FLEXlm Tools 5.0 included server tools to float FLEXlm licenses.

OSX

  1. In Finder, navigate to /Applications/TheFoundry/FLEXlmTools5.0
  2. Run the FFT Uninstaller application. 

Windows 

  1. From the start menu, navigate to All Programs > The Foundry > FFT 5.0
  2. Right-click on Uninstall FFT 5.0v3 (32-bit) and select "Run As Administrator". 

Linux

  1. Open a Terminal
  2. Run the following commands:
    cd /usr/local/foundry/FLEXlmTools5.0/
    sudo ./uninstall.sh

 

FOUNDRY FLEXlm TOOLS (FFT) 4.0

The Foundry FLEXlm Tools 4.0 included server tools to float FLEXlm licenses.

OSX

  1. Open a Terminal (from Applications > Utilities)
  2. Run the following commands:
    sudo /usr/local/foundry/FLEXlm/lmutil lmdown -c /usr/local/foundry/FLEXlm/foundry.lic
    sudo rm /Library/StartupItems/FoundryFLEXlmServer
    sudo rm /usr/local/foundry/FLEXlm/lmgrd

Windows

  1. Open a Command Prompt
  2. Run the following command:
    C:\Program Files\The Foundry\FLEXlm\remove.bat

Linux

Run the following command in a terminal depending on your Linux platform.

RedHat/Centos Linux: etc/init.d/foundrylmgrd stop

Debian Linux: /usr/sbin/update-rc.d -f foundrylmgrd remove

SuSE Linux: /sbin/chkconfig --del foundrylmgrd

 

FURTHER HELP

If you are still experiencing difficulties please create a support ticket to let us know the exact issue encountered and the troubleshooting steps that have been taken.
For more information on how to open a support request, please refer to this article: Q100064: How to raise a support ticket

 

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