[BlueOnyx:20885] Re: mass PKG uninstall - *** howto ***

[Michael Stauber]

Hi RC,

> So now I have to go and un-install 50 web-apps off each server again

I'm seeing the same on another box and here is how to automate it:

wget http://devel.blueonyx.it/pub/BlueOnyx/.scripts/pkgRemoval.pl.txt
mv pkgRemoval.pl.txt pkgRemoval.pl
chmod 755 pkgRemoval.pl

Then (IMPORTANT!) open the file in an editor.

In it you will see this list:

# List of unwanted PKGs:
@unwantedPKGs = (
    'ac',
    'bandwidthmeter',
    'cmsmadesimple',
    'contao',
    'coppermine',
    'cuteflow',
    'dokuwiki',
     ....
    'xbtit',
    'xoops'
);

That list defines *ALL* PKGs that are getting uninstalled when you run
this script.

This list doesn't include essentials such as PHP, MySQL, MariaDB,
AV-SPAM, Automated Backup, APF, Dfix2, AWStats, RoundCube and so on.

But it removes *most* WebApps aside from RoundCube and Wordpress.

Please review the list and eliminate the lines for anything that you do
*NOT* want to uninstall.

Once you have double and triple checked the list, just run the script:

./pkgRemoval.pl

That will then dump output to the screen such as this:

]# ./pkgRemove.pl
Ignoring: OS
Ignoring: MailMan
Ignoring: solbackup
Uninstalling: flatcalendar
Uninstall successful.
Uninstalling: gallery2
Uninstall successful.
Uninstalling: joomla
Uninstall successful.
Uninstalling: oscmax
Uninstall successful.
Uninstalling: phpcoin
Uninstall successful.
Uninstalling: projectpier
Uninstall successful.
Uninstalling: simplecustomer
Uninstall successful.

-- 
With best regards

Michael Stauber