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Created December 14, 2012 11:45
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  1. @nicerobot nicerobot revised this gist Jul 15, 2012. 1 changed file with 1 addition and 1 deletion.
    2 changes: 1 addition & 1 deletion uninstall-node.sh
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    # This will need to be executed as an Admin (maybe just use sudo).

    # Verify the bom exists, otherwise don't do anything
    [ -d /var/db/receipts/org.nodejs.pkg.bom ] || {
    [ -e /var/db/receipts/org.nodejs.pkg.bom ] || {
    echo 'Nothing to do.'
    exit 0
    }
  2. @nicerobot nicerobot created this gist May 14, 2012.
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    #!/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).

    # Verify the bom exists, otherwise don't do anything
    [ -d /var/db/receipts/org.nodejs.pkg.bom ] || {
    echo 'Nothing to do.'
    exit 0
    }

    # Loop through all the files in the bom.
    lsbom -f -l -s -pf /var/db/receipts/org.nodejs.pkg.bom \
    | while read i; do
    # Remove each file listed in the bom.
    rm /usr/local/${i}
    done

    # Remove directories related to node.js.
    rm -rf /usr/local/lib/node \
    /usr/local/lib/node_modules \
    /var/db/receipts/org.nodejs.*

    exit 0