ERROR: "maintenance should be uninstalled first" uninstalling XCOM for Linux

Products

• XCOM Data Transport
• XCOM Data Transport - Linux PC

Issue/Introduction

Receive the following message when trying to uninstall XCOM from the Linux host:

[root@ Uninstaller]# sh Uninstaller
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CA XCOM Data Transport r11.6 SP01 (64-bit)       (created with InstallAnywhere)
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Preparing CONSOLE Mode Uninstallation...

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XCOM Maintenance installed
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XCOM Maintenance is installed. To continue with uninstallation, maintenance 
should be uninstalled first.

Uninstallation will exit now.

PRESS <ENTER> TO ACCEPT THE FOLLOWING (EXIT): 

Environment

XCOM™ Data Transport® for Linux PC

Cause

The message is caused by not having Uninstalled the patch that was installed previously to the XCOM release.

Resolution

The message is self explanatory... You will have to uninstall the maintenance that was applied to XCOM and then perform the uninstall.

To uninstall a patch you would issue this command:

sh $XCOM_HOME/UninstallPatch/UninstallPatch -i silent

This command is documented in the README file that is accompanied by the patch that was installed. Once that is done you will be able to uninstall XCOM itself.