Uninstall chef-client

Simple way to uninstall chef-client on Linux or Mac

How to uninstall chef client

The way to uninstall chef-client on different Linux distributions and Mac differs, since each uses different package managers. This post will guide you for all Linux distributions and Mac operating System.

For Debian/Ubuntu Linux distributions

First insure, is there dpkg package available for chef:

dpkg --list | grep chef

Then, to uninstall:

sudo dpkg -P chef

For RedHat/CentOS/Fedora Linux Distributions

First you need to find all the chef related packages on your system. For this issue:

rpm -qa *chef*

Now, uninstall all the listed packages by above command through

sudo yum remove <chef-packages>

For Mac OS X

First remove the chef directory located in /opt/

sudo rm -fr /opt/chef

Now, remove other related package

sudo rm -f /usr/bin/chef-* /usr/bin/knife /usr/bin/ohai /usr/bin/shef

And, you are Done!