No instructions for uninstalling on macOS?

[Justin Clift (jc-dgit)]

Just installed the MS OpenJDK (.pkg) on macOS, as I need something that can do Java Web Start for access to an ancient HP iLO console.

Turns out HP iLO doesn't want to work with it, and I need to install a different (AdoptOpenJDK or old Oracle) version instead.

So, went to uninstall the MS OpenJDK... and there seems to be no way to do it? ☹️

Looked for info in these places so far:

• The MS website (https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/java/openjdk/)
• The FAQ on the same site (zero info)
• The front page of this GitHub repo (again, no info)
• The "Discussions" area for this repo (no info)
• The wiki for this repo... oh wait, there isn't one

What the.... ? 😦

Ok, can someone please advise how to uninstall this? Surely that's a common scenario.

[Justin Clift (jc-dgit)]

For anyone else who hits the same problem, this should work:

$ sudo rm -rf /Library/Java/JavaVirtualMachines/microsoft-11.jdk
$ sudo pkgutil --forget com.microsoft.11.jdk

That should delete the MS OpenJDK 11 files, and remove the entry for it from the macOS pkg database.

[Martijn Verburg (karianna)]

Bruno Borges (@brunoborges) - Something worth adding to our docs?