Can't uninstall HB Service

[philipyoungg]

Describe The Bug

I'm migrating my homebridge to docker. I wanted to uninstall hb-service but got issue.

The 'hb-service uninstall' command is not available when Homebridge is running as a system package

Logs

No response

Config

No response

Homebridge UI Version

4.53.0

Homebridge Version

1.7.0

Node.js Version

18.13.0

Operating System

Ubuntu / Debian (or a variant)

Environment Info

• [ ] Using Docker?
• [ ] Using Hyper-V?
• [ ] Using hb-service?

Raspberry Pi Model

None

[bwp91]

Hi @philipyoungg does this comment help at all? I know it's not a direct solution, but maybe it can help you understand how you have homebridge running so that it might be clearer how to properly uninstall/remove hb-service?

https://github.com/homebridge/homebridge-config-ui-x/issues/1573#issuecomment-1758890721

[philipyoungg]

Sorry for the late reply. I didn't get notification on Github.

I honestly don't remember how I had it installed in Ubuntu.

I tried following https://github.com/homebridge/homebridge-config-ui-x/wiki/How-To-Swap-From-Standalone-Mode-to-Service-Mode but

• Remove the homebridge-config-ui-x service:
  • doesn't work because I don't think it was installed as standalone back when I tried doing it.
• Remove the homebridge service:
  • this part works.
• sudo hb-service install --user homebridge --port 8080 -U /var/lib/homebridge
  • this part doesn't work. Still the same error as The 'hb-service install' command is not available when Homebridge is running as a system package.

[philipyoungg]

Thanks, uninstalled by following https://github.com/homebridge/homebridge-apt-pkg

Got the clue after doing when running hb-service status

Which spits out This hb-service command is provided by Homebridge APT Package