This page provides information on how to manually uninstall V-Ray for Nuke.

Overview


V-Ray installer will automatically uninstall any previous versions. If you need to manually uninstall V-Ray, make sure that Nuke or V-Ray components are not being used.

 

Windows


Uninstalling the Plug-In


Go to Windows Start > Control Panel > Programs and Features or Start > All Programs > Chaos Group > V-Ray for Nuke x for x64 > Uninstall V-Ray for Nuke

This will start the V-Ray uninstaller. Follow the on-screen instructions to remove V-Ray from your system and restore any files overwritten by the installation.

After the uninstall is complete there may be some leftover files that you need to delete.

Please check if present and delete the following files and folders:

C:\Program Files\Nukex\plugins\vray
C:\Program Files\Chaos Group\V-Ray\Nuke x for x64


Uninstalling the License Server


To remove the V-Ray license server, either use the Add/Remove Programs applet from the Control Panel , or select Start menu > All Programs > Chaos Group > V-Ray license server > Uninstall V-Ray license server .

 

Linux


Uninstalling the Plug-In


To uninstall V-Ray for Nuke, start with root permissions the uninstall er program, which is normally located in the /usr/ChaosGroup/V-Ray/Nuke x -x64/uninstall/ directory, for example:

$ su
$ /usr/ChaosGroup/V-Ray/Nukex-x64/uninstall/uninstaller_chaos
follow the instructions of the uninstaller
$ exit

Note: The uninstaller will not remove the V-Ray license configuration files or any other files that you have modified manually after the installation.

You may need to manually delete the folders:

/usr/Foundry/Nukex-x64/plugins/vray/
/usr/ChaosGroup/V-Ray/Nukex-x64/

 

Uninstalling the License Server


To uninstall the V-Ray license server on Linux, start with root permissions the uninstall_chaos program, which is normally located in the /usr/ChaosGroup/VRLService/uninstall directory:

$ su
$ /usr/ChaosGroup/VRLService/uninstall/uninstaller_chaos
follow the instructions of the uninstaller
$ exit

Note: The uninstaller will not remove the V-Ray license configuration files or any other files that you have modified manually after the installation.