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Installing or removing the Software Manager🔗

The Software Manager is a self-contained application that you can run without installing it. However, you can install it for convenience.

Installing the Software Manager🔗

When you start the Software Manager through the som binary for the first time, it offers to install itself. This will add a desktop icon and a start menu entry for the Software Manager.
If you choose to perform the installation, you can delete the original SOM binary as soon as the current session is exited. Otherwise, just close the Welcome dialog, and continue to use the Software Manager without installation.

If another version of the Software Manager is already installed, that version will be upgraded.

Once installed, the Software Manager can manage itself from the page Installed.

Note

As long as the current session is still running, the Software Manager can re-install itself after you have removed it. Otherwise, you have to run the original binary again.

Removing the Software Manager🔗

You can safely uninstall the Software Manager without affecting other products that have been installed with it. The repository containing any downloaded packages and the configuration file are not touched by the uninstallation and have to be removed manually. SOM can be uninstalled in multiple ways.

Removing the Software Manager using the browser🔗

  1. Start the Software Manager and ensure that the page Installed is selected.
  2. In the pop-up menu next to the entry Software Manager, select the entry Uninstall.
  3. Confirm the uninstallation by clicking Apply.
  4. Shut down the server to exit the Software Manager.

Removing the Software Manager using the command line🔗

  1. Run MVTec Software Manager CLI.

  2. Execute the following command:

    som remove

Removing the Software Manager using Windows control panel (Windows only)🔗

  1. Open the Windows control panel and select Programs and Features.
  2. To start the uninstallation, double-click on the program entry MVTec Software Manager (user) (for a user installation) or MVTec Software Manager (system) for a system installation.

Note

The alternative dialog Apps & Features can only be used if the Software Manager has been installed for all users in system mode. If the Software Manager has been installed in user mode, it will still be listed, but trying to uninstall it from this dialog will advise you to do the following: 

MVTec Software Manager must be uninstalled via MVTec Software Manager or
the Windows control panel 'Programs and Features'.

Removing the Software Manager manually🔗

Just deleting the installation folder of the Software Manager leaves non-functional menu entries and a desktop shortcut and (on Windows) a registry entry behind. To remove all residues, do the following:

Delete these files manually in the following directories (user mode): 

$HOME/Desktop
$HOME/.local/share/applications
In system mode, these shortcuts are generated in the home directory of the user who performed the installation.

Delete these files manually in the following folders: 

%USERPROFILE%\Desktop
%APPDATA%\Microsoft\Windows\Start Menu\Programs\MVTec Software Manager

The shortcuts can be found in the following folders:

%PUBLIC%\Desktop
%PROGRAMDATA%\Microsoft\Windows\Start Menu\Programs\MVTec Software Manager

For a user installation, run the Windows registry editor “regedit” and remove the following key and its sub-keys:

 HKCU\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Uninstall\MVTec Software Manager (user)

For a system installation, run the Windows registry editor “regedit” as Administrator, and remove the following key and its sub-keys:

HKLM\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Uninstall\MVTec Software Manager (system)