Uninstall a Tenable Nessus Agent on Linux

You can uninstall an agent on Linux from the command line.

Before you begin:

• Unlink the agent from the manager.

To uninstall Tenable Nessus Agent on Linux:

1. Type the remove command specific to your Linux-style operating system.

   Example Nessus Agent Remove Commands

   Debian/Kali and Ubuntu

   # dpkg -r NessusAgent

   Red Hat 6 and 7, Oracle Linux 6 and 7

   # yum remove NessusAgent

   Red Hat 8 and later, Oracle Linux 8 and later, Fedora

   # dnf remove NessusAgent

   SUSE

   # sudo zypper remove NessusAgent

   Note: To completely remove Tenable Nessus Agent from the system, you must manually delete the agent filesystem after running the remove command.

What to do next:

• If you plan on reinstalling the Tenable Nessus Agent on the system, see the knowledge base article on how to avoid linking errors.