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# Testing With Podman - Complete Uninstall/Reinstall
**URL:** https://crunchtools.com/testing-with-podman-complete-uninstall-reinstall/
Date: 2019-03-21
Author: fatherlinux
Post Type: post
Summary: Background Sometimes it’s necessary to uninstall completely, and reinstall when testing software. This is something I have been doing with podman on RHEL 7.6 since about 6AM today 🙂 I figured it was worth capturing the instructions I have developed while testing user namespaces and rootless containers. This could make your life easier too. CompleteContinue Reading "Testing With Podman – Complete Uninstall/Reinstall" →
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## Background
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Sometimes it's necessary to uninstall completely, and reinstall when testing software. This is something I have been doing with podman on RHEL 7.6 since about 6AM today :-) I figured it was worth capturing the instructions I have developed while testing user namespaces and rootless containers. This could make your life easier too.
## Complete Uninstall
Run the following commands:
rm -rf /etc/containers/* /var/lib/containers/* /etc/docker /etc/subuid* /etc/subgid*
yum remove buildah skopeo podman containers-common atomic-registries docker
Remember to delete any users and their associated containers storage:
`rm -rf /home/fatherlinux/.local/share/containers/`
Or:
`userdel -r fatherlinux`
## Fresh Install
Run the following commands:
`yum install podman buildah skopeo`
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