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Installing or removing the Software Manager🔗

The Software Manager is a self-contained application that can be run without installation. For regular use, we recommend installing it for convenience.

Installing the Software Manager🔗

The latest Version of the MVTec Software Manager can be downloaded from our MVTec download portal . When you start the Software Manager using the som binary for the first time, it offers to install itself.

Note

The integrety of SOM and MVTec Software when installing from the MVTec website is verified automatically. For more information, see Verifying the software.

This adds a desktop icon and a Start menu entry for the Software Manager on supported systems like Windows.
If you choose to install it, you can delete the original som binary after you exit the current session. Otherwise, close the Welcome dialog and continue using the Software Manager without installation.

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

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

Note

As long as the current session is still running, the Software Manager can reinstall itself after you remove it. If the session has ended, you must 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 downloaded packages and the configuration file are not removed by the uninstallation and have to be deleted manually. The Software Manager can be uninstalled in multiple ways.

Removing the Software Manager using the browser🔗

  1. Start the Software Manager and go to the Installed page.
  2. Click the next to Software Manager and choose Uninstall.
  3. Click Apply to confirm.
  4. Shut down the server to exit the Software Manager.

Removing the Software Manager using the command line🔗

  1. Run the MVTec Software Manager CLI.

  2. Execute the following command:

    som remove

Removing the Software Manager using Windows Control Panel🔗

  1. Open the Control Panel and select Programs and Features.
  2. Double-click MVTec Software Manager for a user installation or MVTec Software Manager (all users) for a system installation to start the uninstallation.

Removing the Software Manager manually🔗

Deleting the installation folder leaves broken menu entries, desktop shortcuts, and on Windows registry entries. To remove all leftovers, do the following:

Delete shortcuts created in these folders: 

1. $HOME/Desktop
2. $HOME/.local/share/applications

Note

In system mode, shortcuts are created in the home directory of the user who performed the installation.

Delete shortcuts created in these folders: 

1. %USERPROFILE%\Desktop
2. %APPDATA%\Microsoft\Windows\Start Menu\Programs\MVTec Software Manager
Also check these locations for shared shortcuts and remove them if present: 

1. %PUBLIC%\Desktop
2. %PROGRAMDATA%\Microsoft\Windows\Start Menu\Programs\MVTec Software Manager
Registry cleanup (Windows)

Note

Editing or deleting registry keys can affect your system. Back up the registry before making changes

For a user installation, open regedit and remove:

 HKCU\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Uninstall\SoftwareManager:USER

For a system installation, run regedit as Administrator and remove: 

HKLM\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Uninstall\SoftwareManager:SYSTEM