Unable to Uninstall

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thehawkes
Posts: 2
Joined: 19. Feb 2009, 18:40

Unable to Uninstall

Post by thehawkes »

I sent this to the wrong forum and was directed here. Here is the summary of my problem. Your help would be most appreciated.

3396: I am unable to uninstall virtual box.
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Reporter: thehawkes | Owner:
Type: defect | Status: reopened
Priority: major | Component: installer
Version: VirtualBox 2.1.4 | Resolution:
Keywords: | Guest: Windows
Host: Mac OS X |
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Changes (by thehawkes):

* status: closed => reopened
* resolution: worksforme =>

Comment:

Please forgive me but I'm not sure what you mean. I'm somewhat new to the
Mac world. I have no clue what the root password is or what you are
referring to. Any help would be much appreciated. I did go in under
accounts and give a specific name to me as administrator and gave a
password but still it does not work... See below...


Last login: Thu Feb 19 02:07:08 on ttys000
/Volumes/VirtualBox/VirtualBox_Uninstall.tool ; exit;
Hawkes-iMac:~ user$ /Volumes/VirtualBox/VirtualBox_Uninstall.tool ; exit;

Welcome to the VirtualBox uninstaller script.

The following files and directories (bundles) will be removed:
/usr/bin/VirtualBox
/usr/bin/VBoxManage
/usr/bin/VBoxVRDP
/usr/bin/VBoxHeadless
/usr/bin/vboxwebsrv
/Library/StartupItems/VirtualBox/
/Library/Receipts/VBoxStartupItems.pkg/
/Library/Extensions/VBoxDrv.kext/
/Library/Extensions/VBoxUSB.kext/
/Library/Extensions/VBoxNetFlt.kext/
/Library/Extensions/VBoxDrvTiger.kext/
/Library/Extensions/VBoxUSBTiger.kext/
/Library/Receipts/VBoxKEXTs.pkg/
/Library/Receipts/VirtualBoxCLI.pkg/
/Applications/VirtualBox.app/
/Library/Receipts/VirtualBox.pkg/
And the following KEXTs will be unloaded:
org.virtualbox.kext.VBoxUSB
org.virtualbox.kext.VBoxNetFlt
org.virtualbox.kext.VBoxDrv

Do you wish to uninstall VirtualBox (Yes/No)?
yes

The uninstallation processes requires administrative privileges
because some of the installed files cannot be removed by a normal
user. You may be prompted for your password now...


WARNING: Improper use of the sudo command could lead to data loss
or the deletion of important system files. Please double-check your
typing when using sudo. Type "man sudo" for more information.

To proceed, enter your password, or type Ctrl-C to abort.

Please enter user's password:
Sorry, try again.
Please enter user's password:
Sorry, try again.
Please enter user's password:
unloading org.virtualbox.kext.VBoxUSB
kextunload: unload id org.virtualbox.kext.VBoxUSB succeeded (any
personalities also unloaded)
unloading org.virtualbox.kext.VBoxNetFlt
kextunload: unload id org.virtualbox.kext.VBoxNetFlt succeeded (any
personalities also unloaded)
unloading org.virtualbox.kext.VBoxDrv
kextunload: unload id org.virtualbox.kext.VBoxDrv succeeded (any
personalities also unloaded)
Successfully uninstalled VirtualBox.
Done.
logout

[Process completed]

:shock:
thehawkes
Posts: 2
Joined: 19. Feb 2009, 18:40

Unable to Uninstall

Post by thehawkes »

I don't know what I did but, when I ran the uninstall after a restart, there was nothing to uninstall...this after multiple attempts to run the uninstall routine and it asking for a password to complete.

So, everything is now gone. Seems like some kind of bug but I guess no one else had any solution so...

thanks for at least viewing the previous post...
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