Uninstall the Network License Manager

Before uninstalling the Network License Manager, you must stop the license server. For more information, see Stop and Restart the License Server.

Either before or after the uninstall, you must manually delete files that you created for use with the Network License Manager, such as log files, license files, and the options file. These files are not automatically deleted when you uninstall the Network License Manager.

Windows procedure

  1. Do one of the following:
    • Windows 7 or XP: Click Start All Programs Autodesk Network License Manager LMTOOLS Utility.
    • Windows 8: Right-click Start screen All Apps LMTOOLS Utility.
  2. In the LMTOOLS utility, click the Start/Stop/Reread tab, and then click Stop Server.
  3. Close LMTOOLS.
  4. In the Windows Control Panel, locate Autodesk Network License Manager in the list of programs, and uninstall it by clicking Remove or Uninstall.
  5. If prompted, restart your computer.

Mac OS X procedure

  1. Delete the following directories:
    • /usr/local/flexnetserver/
    • /Library/StartUpItems/adsknlm

    This removes the main license server tools as well as the configuration scripts that help you set up your license server.

  2. Reboot your machine.

Linux procedure

  1. Open a shell as a super user.
  2. Execute the following command to verify the package number of the Network License Manager that you installed: 
    rpm -qa |grep adlm
  3. Execute the following command to uninstall the Network License Manager package: 
    rpm -e adlmflexnetserver-#.rpm

    where # is the package number.

  4. If you edited your rc.local file to configure your license server (for example to start lmgrd), remove those commands from the rc.local file.
Parent topic: Running the Network License Manager