Unable to uninstall DB2 from Zowe

[JTonda]

From @AHumanFromCA on September 26, 2018 14:20

Opened this issue a while ago, I am transferring it over here since I do not see that it has been resolved yet.

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I am unable to uninstall the DB2 plugin through Brightside.

The first uninstall attempt reports back that there is a locked file:

$ bright plugins uninstall @brightside/db2
npm ERR! path C:\Users\XXXXXXXX\.brightside\plugins\installed\node_modules\@brightside\db2\node_modules\ibm_db\installer\clidriver\bin\amd64.VC11.CRT
npm ERR! code EBUSY
npm ERR! errno -4082
npm ERR! syscall rmdir
npm ERR! EBUSY: resource busy or locked, rmdir 'C:\Users\XXXXXXXX\.brightside\plugins\installed\node_modules\@brightside\db2\node_modules\ibm_db\installer\clidriver\bin\amd64.VC11.CRT'

npm ERR! A complete log of this run can be found in:
npm ERR!     C:\Users\XXXXXXXX\AppData\Roaming\npm-cache\_logs\2018-07-30T21_24_21_271Z-debug.log
Command Error:
Uninstall Failed
Error Details:
Command failed: npm uninstall "@brightside/db2" --prefix C:\Users\XXXXXXXX\.brightside\plugins\installed -g

Sometimes this will break npm cache and make DB2 uninstallable without a complete reinstall.

My theory is that the lock somehow is gathered by the bright process due to these observations.

• It is always consistent that the first uninstall attempt fails at the ibm driver
• Installing DB2 and manually executing the failed command npm uninstall "@brightside/db2" --prefix C:\Users\XXXXXXXX\.brightside\plugins\installed -g will uninstall the plugin's node folders every time.

That 2nd observation is why I believe that it isn't because of antivirus software.

App	Version
Brightside	1.0.1
npm	6.0.0
Node	10.6.0
DB2	1.0.0

Copied from original issue: gizafoundation/zowe-cli-db2-plugin#4

[zFernand0]

Cannot reproduce the issue with the newer versions of the package

[t1m0thyj]

I'm seeing this error again:

$ zowe plugins uninstall @zowe/db2-for-zowe-cli
npm ERR! code EBUSY
npm ERR! syscall rename
npm ERR! path C:\Users\Timothy\.zowe\plugins\installed\node_modules\@zowe\db2-for-zowe-cli\node_modules\ibm_db\installer\clidriver\bin
npm ERR! dest C:\Users\Timothy\.zowe\plugins\installed\node_modules\@zowe\.db2-for-zowe-cli-6tqjQbu5\node_modules\ibm_db\installer\clidriver\bin
npm ERR! errno -4082
npm ERR! EBUSY: resource busy or locked, rename 'C:\Users\Timothy\.zowe\plugins\installed\node_modules\@zowe\db2-for-zowe-cli\node_modules\ibm_db\installer\clidriver\bin' -> 'C:\Users\Timothy\.zowe\plugins\installed\node_modules\@zowe\.db2-for-zowe-cli-6tqjQbu5\node_modules\ibm_db\installer\clidriver\bin'

npm ERR! A complete log of this run can be found in:
npm ERR!     C:\Users\Timothy\AppData\Local\npm-cache\_logs\2023-06-16T14_50_20_813Z-debug-0.log
Command Error:
Uninstall Failed
Error Details:
Command failed: C:\Program Files\nodejs\npm.CMD uninstall @zowe/db2-for-zowe-cli --prefix C:\Users\Timothy\.zowe\plugins\installed -g

App	Version
Zowe CLI	7.16.2
npm	9.5.1
Node	18.16.0
DB2 plug-in	5.0.3