I’ve found this script from Paul Beach, but I want to know if there is a better way (maybe a script included in the installation).
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Suggest move to SuperUser; question not programming-related.– amphetamachineJul 8, 2010 at 2:44
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According to FAQ, questions related to tools used by programmers or related to software development in some way are valid, that’s why I posted here since I and a lot of programmers also use Firebird for development.– Erick SasseJul 8, 2010 at 3:05
2 Answers
The script is modifying environment outside of user's home directory: removing installed frameworks, global groups etc. Proper way how do this would be dedicated uninstaller. With no uninstaller available, something like that script is probably best / simplest solution.
For most applications, utilities like AppZapper handle unistallation + clean up ~/Library/ subfolders. Worth trying out for other situations - http://www.appzapper.com/, but in this case will likely not be sufficient.
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1AppZapper does nothing in terms of cleaning up extra users/groups, startup items, Frameworks, LaunchDaemons and Receipts which is what this script does.– ChealionJul 9, 2010 at 18:41
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The script you found is safe and doing all the cleaning to be done.
If you copied it under:
/tmp/firebird_uninstall
you have to fire it with:
/usr/bin/sudo /tmp/firebird_uninstall