cargo-uninstall(1)

1CARGO-UNINSTALL(1)          General Commands Manual         CARGO-UNINSTALL(1)
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NAME

6       cargo-uninstall - Remove a Rust binary
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SYNOPSIS

9       cargo uninstall [options] [spec...]
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DESCRIPTION

12       This command removes a package installed with cargo-install(1). The
13       spec argument is a package ID specification of the package to remove
14       (see cargo-pkgid(1)).
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16       By default all binaries are removed for a crate but the --bin and
17       --example flags can be used to only remove particular binaries.
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19       The installation root is determined, in order of precedence:
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21       ·  --root option
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23       ·  CARGO_INSTALL_ROOT environment variable
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25       ·  install.root Cargo config value
26           <https://doc.rust-lang.org/cargo/reference/config.html>
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28       ·  CARGO_HOME environment variable
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30       ·  $HOME/.cargo
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OPTIONS

33   Install Options
34       -p, --package spec...
35           Package to uninstall.
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37       --bin name...
38           Only uninstall the binary name.
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40       --root dir
41           Directory to uninstall packages from.
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43   Display Options
44       -v, --verbose
45           Use verbose output. May be specified twice for "very verbose"
46           output which includes extra output such as dependency warnings and
47           build script output. May also be specified with the term.verbose
48           config value
49           <https://doc.rust-lang.org/cargo/reference/config.html>.
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51       -q, --quiet
52           No output printed to stdout.
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54       --color when
55           Control when colored output is used. Valid values:
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57           ·  auto (default): Automatically detect if color support is
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60           ·  always: Always display colors.
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62           ·  never: Never display colors.
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64           May also be specified with the term.color config value
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67   Common Options
68       +toolchain
69           If Cargo has been installed with rustup, and the first argument to
70           cargo begins with +, it will be interpreted as a rustup toolchain
71           name (such as +stable or +nightly). See the rustup documentation
72           <https://rust-lang.github.io/rustup/overrides.html> for more
73           information about how toolchain overrides work.
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75       -h, --help
76           Prints help information.
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78       -Z flag
79           Unstable (nightly-only) flags to Cargo. Run cargo -Z help for
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ENVIRONMENT

83       See the reference
84       <https://doc.rust-lang.org/cargo/reference/environment-variables.html>
85       for details on environment variables that Cargo reads.
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EXIT STATUS

88       ·  0: Cargo succeeded.
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90       ·  101: Cargo failed to complete.
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EXAMPLES

93        1. Uninstall a previously installed package.
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95               cargo uninstall ripgrep
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