How to uninstall Firebird from Mac OS X Snow Leopard?

Question

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).

Solution 1

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.

Solution 2

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

Comments

[amphetamachine]

Suggest move to SuperUser; question not programming-related.

[Erick Sasse]

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.

[Chealion]

AppZapper does nothing in terms of cleaning up extra users/groups, startup items, Frameworks, LaunchDaemons and Receipts which is what this script does.

[Joho]

You are right, I changed the answer.