How to uninstall Firebird from Mac OS X Snow Leopard?

Question

I’ve found this script from Paul Beach, but I want to know if there is a better way (maybe a script included in the installation).

Answer 1

The script is modifying environment outside of user's home directory: removing installed frameworks, global groups etc. Proper way how do this would be dedicated uninstaller. With no uninstaller available, something like that script is probably best / simplest solution.

For most applications, utilities like AppZapper handle unistallation + clean up ~/Library/ subfolders. Worth trying out for other situations - http://www.appzapper.com/, but in this case will likely not be sufficient.

Answer 2

The script you found is safe and doing all the cleaning to be done.

If you copied it under:

/tmp/firebird_uninstall

you have to fire it with:

/usr/bin/sudo /tmp/firebird_uninstall