McIDAS User's Guide
Version 2016.1

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Removing the Previous Version of McIDAS-X for Win7

The McIDAS-X for Win7 installation files include both the McIDAS-X for Win7 core package and the McIDAS-XRD for Win7 sidecar package.

If you have installed and tested a new version of McIDAS-X for Win7 and/or McIDAS-XRD for Win7 and are satisfied they are working properly, you can remove the previous version of the packages. To do so, complete the numbered instructions below, running each command from the ~mcidas directory.

1. Log on to the workstation as mcidas and start an SUA Korn Shell.

2. Remove the mcidasversion# directory tree and its contents, replacing version# with the previous version number.

Type:  sh  ./mcidasversion#_win7.sh  unmake  all

The messages below are displayed when the unmake is successfully completed.

./mcidasversion#_win7.sh: McIDAS-X unmake completed normally.
./mcidasversion#_win7.sh: McIDAS-XRD unmake completed normally.

3. Remove the following files:


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