{"id":8167,"date":"2026-10-19T11:52:04","date_gmt":"2026-10-19T08:52:04","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/support.withsecure.com\/?post_type=support_article&p=8167"},"modified":"2026-10-19T11:52:04","modified_gmt":"2026-10-19T08:52:04","slug":"error-message-withsecure-linux-security-64-has-already-been-activated-is-shown-during-installation-and-activation-of-elements-linux-protection","status":"publish","type":"support_article","link":"https:\/\/support.withsecure.com\/jp-ja\/support-articles\/error-message-withsecure-linux-security-64-has-already-been-activated-is-shown-during-installation-and-activation-of-elements-linux-protection\/","title":{"rendered":"Error message “WithSecure Linux Security 64 has already been activated” is shown during installation and activation of Elements Linux Protection"},"content":{"rendered":"

Issue:<\/h3>\n

Error message "WithSecure Linux Security 64 has already been activated" is shown during installation and activation of Elements Linux Protection (Elements EPP for Servers). What can cause this error to be shown during Elements Linux Protection activation?\u00a0
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Resolution:<\/h3>\n

The message means that the Linux device already has a previous installation of Linux Security 64 on it.\u00a0<\/p>\n

You need to uninstall Linux Security 64 from the device before you can install Elements Linux Protection on it.<\/p>\n

To uninstall Linux Security 64:\u00a0<\/p>\n

    \n
  1. 1. Log in to the Linux host as root.<\/li>\n
  2. 2. Run the uninstallation command:<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n
    Note<\/strong>: The command that is given here is for the current version of the product. If you are uninstalling an older version, use f-secure-linuxsecurity as the package name instead.<\/div>\n
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      • RHEL-based distributions: rpm -e linuxsecurity-installer<\/li>\n
      • Debian-based distributions: dpkg -r linuxsecurity-installer<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/ol>\n

        If the package removal command fails and Policy Manager Server is not installed on the same machine, run the following command: rm -rf \/opt\/f-secure \/etc\/opt\/f-secure \/var\/opt\/f-secure. This command removes the remaining files or systemd services if any. Finally, restart the system to make sure that all hanging services and processes are run down.<\/p>\n

        If you have installed Policy Manager Server on the same machine, do not delete the folders in full; instead, run the following commands to remove the necessary subfolders:<\/p>\n

          \n
            \n
          • rm -rf \/etc\/opt\/f-secure\/baseguard<\/li>\n
          • rm -rf \/etc\/opt\/f-secure\/fsbg<\/li>\n
          • rm -rf \/etc\/opt\/f-secure\/linuxsecurity<\/li>\n
          • rm -rf \/opt\/f-secure\/baseguard<\/li>\n
          • rm -rf \/opt\/f-secure\/fsbg<\/li>\n
          • rm -rf \/opt\/f-secure\/linuxsecurity<\/li>\n
          • rm -rf \/var\/opt\/f-secure\/baseguard<\/li>\n
          • rm -rf \/var\/opt\/f-secure\/fsbg<\/li>\n
          • rm -rf \/var\/opt\/f-secure\/linuxsecurity<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/ol>\n

            The uninstall command does not remove configuration files or log files that the product has generated. Check the product directories for remaining files and remove them if you are sure that you do not need them anymore.<\/p>\n

            \u00a0<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

            Error message “WithSecure Linux Security 64 has already been activated” is shown during installation and activation of Elements Linux Protection (Elements EPP for Servers). What can cause this error to be shown during Elements Linux Protection activation?\u00a0<\/p>\n","protected":false},"template":"","support_article_product":[99],"class_list":["post-8167","support_article","type-support_article","status-publish","hentry"],"acf":{"source_foreign_id":"000006648","source_version":1,"source_system":"salesforce","source_date_updated":"2026-10-19 08:52:04","import_hash":"8eb1734dc31f277d46798529356ba1fb06de6132","vanilla_article_id":"","vanilla_url":"","vanilla_kb_id":"","vanilla_category_id":"","machine_translated":false,"reactions_helpful_yes":"","reactions_helpful_no":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/support.withsecure.com\/jp-ja\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/support_article\/8167","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/support.withsecure.com\/jp-ja\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/support_article"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/support.withsecure.com\/jp-ja\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/support_article"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/support.withsecure.com\/jp-ja\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=8167"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"support_article_product","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/support.withsecure.com\/jp-ja\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/support_article_product?post=8167"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}