I installed Nix package manager, and now I would like to remove it completely.
How can I do it?
MacOS – How to completely remove Nix package manager
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I use 10.8.5 and here how it is to remove folx completely
- launch folx
- In menubar - click help>uninstall
- you will get below! window
- select all options
- Uninstall
Use this script to uninstall homebrew completely. It's safer to run each command separately, especially the cd `brew --prefix` to check if it suceeds.
From the homebrew FAQ:
How do I uninstall Homebrew?
If you installed to /usr/local then you can use the script in this gist to uninstall — it will only remove Homebrew and the stuff Homebrew installed leaving anything else in /usr/local alone.
Provided you haven’t put anything else in Homebrew’s prefix (brew --prefix), you can generally just rm -rf that directory. This is because Homebrew won’t touch files outside its prefix.
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Best Answer
I asked myself the same question and searched the file system for Nix-related files. That's what I found:
Not sure if I missed some files or directories. Also, I did not remove it myself, so be careful (and backup your data!) when removing stuff with sudo.