To uninstall the Auvik collector from an Ubuntu 22.04 machine, you’ll generally reverse the installation steps—stopping its service and removing the package and repository. Ubuntu doesn’t offer a one‑click uninstaller for Auvik, so here’s a reliable manual approach:
1. Stop and disable the Auvik service
First, stop the collector and disable it to prevent it from restarting:
sudo systemctl stop auvik-agent.service
sudo systemctl disable auvik-agent.service
If it was installed via a script, the service might have a different name—check with:
systemctl list-units | grep auvik
2. Remove the Auvik package
If Auvik was installed via an APT repository, you can remove it like this:
sudo apt purge auvik-agent
sudo apt autoremove
The purge command removes the package and its configuration files, while autoremove clears out any dependencies no longer needed
If installation didn’t register as a package, you can try removing by path:
sudo rm -rf /opt/auvik-agent
Or check with:
dpkg -l | grep auvik
and then:
sudo dpkg -P <package-name>
3. Remove Auvik APT repository and GPG key
If you added Auvik’s custom repository (e.g., apt.my.auvik.com for Ubuntu 22.04), it’s best to remove it:
sudo rm /etc/apt/sources.list.d/auvik*.list
sudo apt-key list | grep -i auvik
Then identify and delete the associated key under /etc/apt/trusted.gpg.d/ or /usr/share/keyrings/.
Afterward, update APT:
sudo apt update
4. Clean up leftover files (optional)
To ensure all data is cleared, you can remove logs and directories:
sudo rm -rf /var/log/auvik
sudo rm -rf /etc/auvik
Check those paths first to make sure they exist.
5. Verify removal
Run these to ensure there’s nothing left from Auvik:
systemctl status auvik-agent.service
dpkg -l | grep auvik
ls /opt | grep auvik
If all commands show no results or “not found,” the collector has been fully removed.