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This page provides instructions on how to uninstall the HQueue Client and HQueue Server.
Uninstalling the HQueue Client
macOS
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Uninstall the HQueue Client:
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Use the Houdini Launcher to uninstall HQueue Clients installed by the Launcher.
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To uninstall an HQueue Client installed by an old Houdini installer, open a Terminal app and run the following commands:
sudo launchctl unload /Library/LaunchDaemons/com.sidefx.hqclient.plist sudo rm -f /Library/LaunchDaemons/com.sidefx.hqclient.plist sudo rm -rf /Library/HQClient
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(optional) Unmount the network folder
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This only applies if the option to mount the network folder was chosen at install time.
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Open
/etc/auto_master
in a text editor and remove the line that contains the textauto_hqshared
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Then in a Terminal app run these commands:
sudo rm -f /etc/auto_hqshared* sudo automount -vc
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(optional) Delete the
hquser
user account-
This only applies if the option to create an
hquser
account was chosen at install time. -
Open a Terminal app and run these commands:
sudo dscl . delete /Groups/hqgroup sudo dscl . delete /Users/hquser rm -rf /Users/hquser
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Windows
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Uninstall the HQueue Client:
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Use the Houdini Launcher to uninstall HQueue Clients installed by the Launcher.
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To uninstall an HQueue Client installed by an old Houdini installer:
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Open Windows Explorer and navigate to
C:\HQueueClient
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In the folder locate and double-click
Uninstall HQueue Client.exe
to launch the uninstaller. -
Follow the instructions in the uninstaller to uninstall the HQueue Client.
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Linux
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Uninstall the HQueue Client:
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Use the Houdini Launcher to uninstall HQueue Clients installed by the Launcher.
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To uninstall an HQueue Client installed by an old Houdini installer, open a Terminal app and run the following commands:
sudo /home/hquser/hqclient/hqclientd stop sudo rm -rf /home/hquser/hqclient
Replace
/home/hquser/hqclient
with the location of the HQueue Client installation.
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(optional) Unmount the network folder
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This only applies if the option to mount the network folder was chosen at install time.
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Open
/etc/fstab
in a text editor and remove the line that contains the network folder mount point. Save the changes to the file. -
Then in a terminal run this command:
sudo umount -l /mnt/myShare
Replace
/mnt/myShare
with the actual mount point path.
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(optional) Delete the
hquser
user account-
This only applies if the option to create an
hquser
account was chosen at install time. -
Open a terminal and run these commands:
sudo /usr/sbin/userdel hquser sudo rm -rf /home/hqclient sudo /usr/sbin/groupdel hqgroup
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Uninstalling the HQueue Server
Note
Uninstall all HQueue Clients before uninstalling the HQueue Server.
macOS
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Uninstall the HQueue Server:
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Use the Houdini Launcher to uninstall HQueue Server installed by the Launcher.
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To uninstall an HQueue Server installed by an old Houdini installer, open a Terminal app and run the following commands:
sudo launchctl -F unload /Library/LaunchDaemons/com.sidefx.hqserver.plist sudo rm -f /Library/LaunchDaemons/com.sidefx.hqserver.plist sudo rm -rf /Library/HQServer
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Windows
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Uninstall the HQueue Server:
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Use the Houdini Launcher to uninstall HQueue Server installed by the Launcher.
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To uninstall an HQueue Server installed by an old Houdini installer:
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Open Windows Explorer and navigate to
C:\HQueueServer
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In the folder locate and double-click
Uninstall HQueue Server.exe
to launch the uninstaller. -
Follow the instructions in the uninstaller to uninstall the HQueue Server.
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Linux
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Uninstall the HQueue Server:
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Use the Houdini Launcher to uninstall HQueue Server installed by the Launcher.
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To uninstall an HQueue Server installed by an old Houdini installer, open a terminal and run the following commands:
cd /opt/hqueue sudo ./scripts/hqserverd stop cd - sudo rm -rf /opt/hqueue
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