Linux ColdFusion cannot find uninstall instructions that work

Question

I have ColdFusion 8 and am using Ubuntu. It will no longer start, and I am no longer using it. But it seems to be set up to start automatically on boot, and then to be throwing an error.

I would like to uninstall it, or at least stop it from running at boot. I have searched the internet for uninstall instructions and found several which send me to folders or files that do not exist on my machine. I do not know enough about Linux to be able to get ColdFusion out of the boot up.

Can someone give me usable instructions for uninstalling this, or at least getting it out of the boot up process?

Answer 1

The process to uninstall CF 8 should be the same as with CF 9. The docs aren't online, but I have a local copy. Depending on which version of Java you have installed, the script may or may not run correctly.

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1. Log in as root.
2. Go to the cf_root/uninstall directory:

cd /opt/jrun4/bin/uninstall

3. Enter the following command:

./uninstall.sh

When the program completes, remove any remaining files and directories in the cf_root directory.

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You can simply remove the entry from init.d as mentioned in the comments, but this should completely remove the application server files from your server.