how to uninstall STM32CubeProgrammer on Linux?

[A424]

There is an uninstaller at ~/STMicroelectronics/STM32Cube/STM32CubeProgrammer/uninstaller/uninstaller.jar

But when I java -jar it, it just produce a log then exited, and nothing in the log actually mean anything useful.

I see there is a old post about the same issue, but it never got any further.

As a software product from an actual company, not provide a working uninstaller is unacceptable.

Please fix this or provide a workaround ST.

[InsignificantBit]

Hello, there is a directory named uninstaller containing the uninstaller  in the STM32CubeProgrammer install directory ( /usr/local/STMicroelectronics/STM32Cube/STM32CubeProgrammer by default ).

 

If your system doesn't automatically execute the java .jar program when opening it from a graphical file manager, you will need to start it using the following command (executed in the directory containing the uninstaller program):

 

 

$ sudo java -jar uninstaller.jar

 

 

Keep in mind, that you need to have Java runtime installed, eg. OpenJDK-JRE

[A424]

Please actually read the post before reply...

As I stated, I already tried invoke the uninstaller.jar, but it didn't do anything other than produce a log which contains nothing useful and no any error.

It's simply the uninstaller do not work

[InsignificantBit]

I apologize, I will try to investigate the issue further.

Can  you please link the other related threads that you have mentioned?

[Pavel A.]

@A424 Have you used the magic word?

 

 

[A424]

the installer did not require root access, why the uninstaller needs it?

and the install folder is under my home folder, why it needs root perm. to uninstall?

I haven't try this since there is no any error in the log related to this, if something not work then run with sudo is also a bad bad idea

[simogirardi]

Hi!
I am having the same issue, still not fixed in CubeProgammer 2.17.0.
Have you had any luck uninstalling it?

Thank you!

[J.Christ]

I'm having the same issue with V2.13 and V2.19

 

 

[xuraax]

I too am having the same issues. I need to uninstall v2.18 to install v2.20 since the upgrade option does not work either. 

Can we have an answer to this please?

 

[xuraax]

Here is the contents of the log file generated when uninstaller.jar is run. Not very informative to me I am afraid!

 

xuraax@MyRoute:~/STMicroelectronics/STM32Cube/STM32CubeProgrammer/uninstaller$ cat /tmp/izpack14243443776489461469.log
2025-07-29T16:36:38.117 Phase 1: JarFile: /home/xuraax/STMicroelectronics/STM32Cube/STM32CubeProgrammer/uninstaller/uninstaller.jar
2025-07-29T16:36:38.409 Phase 1: Extracted 1404 files into /tmp/izpack14243443776489461469.d
2025-07-29T16:36:38.444 Phase 1: Spawning phase 2:
/usr/lib/jvm/java-21-openjdk/bin/java
-classpath
/tmp/izpack14243443776489461469.d
-Dself.mod.base=/tmp/izpack14243443776489461469
-Dself.mod.jar=/home/xuraax/STMicroelectronics/STM32Cube/STM32CubeProgrammer/uninstaller/uninstaller.jar
-Dself.mod.class=com.izforge.izpack.uninstaller.Uninstaller
-Dself.mod.method=uninstall
-Dself.mod.phase=2
com.izforge.izpack.util.SelfModifier
2025-07-29T16:36:38.446 Phase 1: Exit
2025-07-29T16:36:39.612 Phase 2: Spawning phase 3:
/usr/lib/jvm/java-21-openjdk/bin/java
-classpath
/tmp/izpack14243443776489461469.d
-Dself.mod.base=/tmp/izpack14243443776489461469
-Dself.mod.jar=/home/xuraax/STMicroelectronics/STM32Cube/STM32CubeProgrammer/uninstaller/uninstaller.jar
-Dself.mod.class=com.izforge.izpack.uninstaller.Uninstaller
-Dself.mod.method=uninstall
-Dself.mod.phase=3
com.izforge.izpack.util.SelfModifier
2025-07-29T16:36:41.171 Phase 2: deleting sandbox
xuraax@MyRoute:~/STMicroelectronics/STM32Cube/STM32CubeProgrammer/uninstaller$

[alnguyen]

Same issue for me. So I hard uninstall STM32CubeProgrammer by:
1. remove any related stm*.desktop files in ~/.locale/share/applications/
2. update the ~/.bashrc and ~/.profile by removing the export path line. `source ~/.profile` isn't enough I have to restart my session to update. Check `printenv` that it's gone.
3. delete the installation folder STM32CubeProgrammer/

that's it.