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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 ...