iprint automated silent uninstall

[imquazar]

Scenario: We have a large number of workstations which have iprint installed on them (using three seperate versions) and we're wanting to uninstall the iprint client silently (as best we can) and without end user intervention.)

We've looked online (even at Novell's site) and haven't had any luck on this issue.

Question: Has anyone else run into this, and does anyone know of any type of an automated process (short of scratchbuilt) that we can use to complete this process?

We've contemplated other methods from scratch and if that's what has to happen, then we'll look at it further.

Thanks for the help in advance !!!
-IQ

 

[marvhuffaker]

Never had a reason to uninstall it, sorry.

There is an iPrint executable file that you can use, that I believe will do an uninstall. If you download the client, you'll have 5 or 6 files, each similarly named, but with -s or whatever. There should be one for -u for uninstall. Try that. The docs explain how to use it.

I know this isn't fully automated, but you could script it.

 

[imquazar]

Yea, that's kinda where we are now, but we're needing to have a 100% no user intervention. I know the scripting part may work, and if we have to then I suppose we will.

ugh.

Thanks though !!

 

[Provogeek]

there are more than one iprint executable, the s one does a silent install, the -u does a silent uninstall.

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Brent Schmidt SPOOOOON!!!!!
Senior Network Engineer
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[imquazar]

we're finding that we have about 4 different versions installed from being a long running Novell house.. so what we've found is that what works for one version won't work for the other versions.

I think we've decided to try to snap all four versions and then create an uninstall package from the files that have been changed or added. (It's dirty and ugly but...)

 

[marvhuffaker]

Why don't you just push out the latest version, then a week later use one silent uninstall to pull it off?

Marvin Huffaker, MCNE
Marvin Huffaker Consulting, Inc.
A Novell Platinum Partner

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