How to uninstall Firebird from Mac OS X Snow Leopard?

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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).

Suggest move to SuperUser; question not programming-related. — amphetamachine, Jul 08 '10 at 02:44
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 Sasse, Jul 08 '10 at 03:05

Miro A. · Answer 1 · 2010-07-09T21:12:54.363

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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.

edited Jul 09 '10 at 21:12

answered Jul 09 '10 at 17:57

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AppZapper does nothing in terms of cleaning up extra users/groups, startup items, Frameworks, LaunchDaemons and Receipts which is what this script does. – Chealion Jul 09 '10 at 18:41
You are right, I changed the answer. – Miro A. Jul 09 '10 at 21:13

score 1 · Answer 2 · answered Mar 18 '15 at 18:57

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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

answered Mar 18 '15 at 18:57

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How to uninstall Firebird from Mac OS X Snow Leopard?

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