Uninstall a Tenable Nessus Agent on Linux
Before you begin:
- Unlink the agent from the manager.
To uninstall Tenable Nessus Agent on Linux:
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Type the remove command specific to your Linux-style operating system.
Example Nessus Agent Remove Commands
Red Hat 6 and 7, CentOS 6 and 7, Oracle Linux 6 and 7
# yum remove NessusAgent
Red Hat 8 and later, CentOS 8 and later, Oracle Linux 8 and later, Fedora, SUSE
# dnf remove NessusAgent
Debian/Kali and Ubuntu
# dpkg -r NessusAgent
What to do next:
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If you plan on reinstalling the Tenable Nessus Agent on the system, see the knowledge base article on how to avoid linking errors.