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  1. ddo revised this gist Jun 30, 2014. 1 changed file with 2 additions and 2 deletions.
    4 changes: 2 additions & 2 deletions README.md
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    To run this, you can try:

    curl -ks https://gist.github.com/nicerobot/2697848/raw/uninstall-node.sh | bash
    curl -ks https://gist.githubusercontent.com/nicerobot/2697848/raw/uninstall-node.sh | bash

    I haven't tested this script doing it this way but i run a lot of my Gists like this so maybe this one'll work too.

    Alternatively,

    curl -ksO https://gist.github.com/nicerobot/2697848/raw/uninstall-node.sh
    curl -ksO https://gist.githubusercontent.com/nicerobot/2697848/raw/uninstall-node.sh
    chmod +x ./uninstall-node.sh
    ./uninstall-node.sh
    rm uninstall-node.sh
  2. @nicerobot nicerobot revised this gist Jun 11, 2013. 1 changed file with 2 additions and 1 deletion.
    3 changes: 2 additions & 1 deletion README.md
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    @@ -7,5 +7,6 @@ I haven't tested this script doing it this way but i run a lot of my Gists like
    Alternatively,

    curl -ksO https://gist.github.com/nicerobot/2697848/raw/uninstall-node.sh
    bash ./uninstall-node.sh
    chmod +x ./uninstall-node.sh
    ./uninstall-node.sh
    rm uninstall-node.sh
  3. @nicerobot nicerobot revised this gist Feb 21, 2013. 1 changed file with 1 addition and 1 deletion.
    2 changes: 1 addition & 1 deletion README.md
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    @@ -2,7 +2,7 @@ To run this, you can try:

    curl -ks https://gist.github.com/nicerobot/2697848/raw/uninstall-node.sh | bash

    I haven't tested this script doing it this way but i run a lot of my Gists like this so maybe this'll work too.
    I haven't tested this script doing it this way but i run a lot of my Gists like this so maybe this one'll work too.

    Alternatively,

  4. @nicerobot nicerobot revised this gist Feb 21, 2013. 1 changed file with 11 additions and 0 deletions.
    11 changes: 11 additions & 0 deletions README.md
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    @@ -0,0 +1,11 @@
    To run this, you can try:

    curl -ks https://gist.github.com/nicerobot/2697848/raw/uninstall-node.sh | bash

    I haven't tested this script doing it this way but i run a lot of my Gists like this so maybe this'll work too.

    Alternatively,

    curl -ksO https://gist.github.com/nicerobot/2697848/raw/uninstall-node.sh
    bash ./uninstall-node.sh
    rm uninstall-node.sh
  5. @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
    }
  6. @nicerobot nicerobot created this gist May 14, 2012.
    33 changes: 33 additions & 0 deletions uninstall-node.sh
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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