Manually Uninstalling Symantec AntiVirus for Linux

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Manually Uninstalling Symantec AntiVirus for Linux

Question/Issue:
How to manually uninstall SAVFL (Symantec AntiVirus for Linux)

Solution:
SAVFL is normally uninstalled via the rpm command:
rpm –e sav savap savui savjlu

After using the rpm -e command to uninstall Symantec AntiVirus, some directories and files still remain.

If you need to completely remove Symantec AntiVirus from a computer, you can delete the following directories:

/var/symantec - alert logs and quarantined files
/opt/Symantec/symantec_antivirus - technical support log files
/etc/symantec - the configuration database

You can also safely delete any empty directories that are located under /opt/Symantec.

The following directories may also remain, but should only be deleted if you are sure that there is no Symantec product on the computer that is currently using
LiveUpdate:

/opt/Symantec/virusdefs
/opt/Symantec/LiveUpdate

The /etc/Symantec.conf file may also remain, but should only be deleted if you are sure that there are no other Symantec products installed on the computer.

Document ID: 2009080611324248
Last Modified: 09/02/2009
Date Created: 08/06/2009
Product(s): Symantec AntiVirus for Linux
Release(s): Symantec AntiVirus for Linux [All Releases]