Manually delete a database

Hi everybody,
on this forum i cannot find a procedure to manually delete a DB.
I've got 2 database installed on a Linux server and i'd like to get rid of one..
What can I do to completely delete a database?
I haven't got any utilities (like dbca)..
Hope somebody can help me, thanks in advance!

You have not said why you need to manually delete it. Also you did not state your Oracle release.
You can use DROP DATABASE command. This will drop the database, deletes all control files and all datafiles. If you are using spfile, it will delete it. Archivelogs and Backups are not deleted with this command, but you can then use RMAN or your Operating System command to delete all archivelogs and backups where required.
e.g
SQL> SHUTDOWN IMMEDIATE;
SQL> STARTUP MOUNT;
SQL> DROP DATABASE;

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