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Uninstalling Nessus on Linux is done as follows:

In order to determine the package name of Nessus, which is to be uninstalled, use the following commands for the different platforms:

  • In Open Red Hat, CentOS, Oracle Linux, Fedora, SUSE, or FreeBSD, use the following command:
# rpm -qa | grep Nessus
  • In OpenDebian/Kali and Ubuntu, use the following command:
# dpkg -l | grep Nessus
  • In OpenFreeBSD, use the following command:
# pkg_info | grep Nessus

Use the package info obtained from the preceding commands as the input to the following package removal commands for the respective platforms:

  • In Open Red Hat, CentOS, Oracle Linux, Fedora, or SUSE, this looks as follows:
# rpm -e <Package Name>
  • In Open Debian/Kali and Ubuntu ...

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