Recently I had the opportunity to learn about uninstalling a deployable package and thought I would go through the process of how I did it.
- Take zip file of the deployable package that needs to be removed and unzip it
- Navigate within the unzipped deployable package to the following path: ..package\AOSService\Scripts folder
- Create a text file called ModuleToRemove.txt, in it place the module name of the package(s) you would like to remove
- If you have multiple packages, place one module name per line
- Remove the folder found at: ..package\AOSService\Packages
- In the root deployable package directory, modify the HotfixInstallationInfo.xml file to remove references to the modules you are removing, specifically under the following XML tags:
- MetadataModuleList
- AllComponentList -> ArrayOfString
- Rezip the deployable package, upload it to LCS in the asset library, and deploy it like you would any other deployable package
Prerequisites
- All references to the modules you are removing need to be removed prior to trying to uninstall the module
- The affected modules should be rebuilt and deployed again
- All references to and from the module(s) you are removing need to be removed before uninstalling the module
- To remove all a modules references you can add a single class to the model, that class should contain no code, and only reference to the application platform
Notes
- Deployable packages only reference the platform build within the metadata, so you only need to build one package per platform version
- Be sure to not change the folder structure when you are unzipping or rezipping the deployable package, this will cause the validation process to fail when uploading it back into LCS
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