Skip to content

Instantly share code, notes, and snippets.

@bokwoon95
Created June 17, 2019 08:17
Show Gist options
  • Save bokwoon95/742064128da5bfa0a92742896de6293c to your computer and use it in GitHub Desktop.
Save bokwoon95/742064128da5bfa0a92742896de6293c to your computer and use it in GitHub Desktop.
Node uninstall/install
#!/bin/sh
rm ~/.npmrc
touch ~/.npmrc && echo prefix=~/.npm-packages >> ~/.npmrc
mkdir ~/.npm-packages
curl -L https://www.npmjs.com/install.sh | sh
#!/bin/sh
(( ${#} > 0 )) || {
echo 'DISCLAIMER: USE THIS SCRIPT AT YOUR OWN RISK!'
echo 'THE AUTHOR TAKES NO RESPONSIBILITY FOR THE RESULTS OF THIS SCRIPT.'
echo "Disclaimer aside, this worked for the author, for what that's worth."
echo 'Press Control-C to quit now.'
read
echo 'Re-running the script with sudo.'
echo 'You may be prompted for a password.'
sudo ${0} sudo
exit $?
}
# This will need to be executed as an Admin (maybe just use sudo).
for bom in org.nodejs.node.pkg.bom org.nodejs.pkg.bom; do
receipt=/var/db/receipts/${bom}
[ -e ${receipt} ] && {
# Loop through all the files in the bom.
lsbom -f -l -s -pf ${receipt} \
| while read i; do
# Remove each file listed in the bom.
rm -v /usr/local/${i}
done
}
done
# Remove directories related to node.js.
rm -vrf /usr/local/lib/node \
/usr/local/lib/node_modules \
/var/db/receipts/org.nodejs.*
exit 0
Sign up for free to join this conversation on GitHub. Already have an account? Sign in to comment