Uninstall a Nessus Agent on Linux

Before you begin:

• Unlink the agent from the manager.

To uninstall Nessus Agent on Linux:

1. From a command prompt, determine your package name.

   Example Nessus Package Name Determination Commands

   Red Hat, CentOS, Oracle Linux, Fedora, SUSE, FreeBSD

   # rpm -qa | grep NessusAgent

   Debian/Kali and Ubuntu

   # dpkg -l | grep NessusAgent

   FreeBSD

   # pkg_info | grep NessusAgent

2. Using the package name identified, type the remove command specific to your Linux-style operating system.

   Example Nessus Agent Remove Commands

   Red Hat, CentOS, Oracle Linux, Fedora, SUSE

   # rpm -e <Agent package name>

   Debian/Kali and Ubuntu

   # dpkg -r <Agent package name>

   FreeBSD

   # pkg delete <Agent package name>

What to do next:

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