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Uninstall dependents doesn't work
Today I tried installing nim-chronicles only to find that it didn't fit my need. I went to uninstall it and all of its dependents but found that it didn't worK
~/D/P/R/viroid-search ❯❯❯ nimble list -i (viroid-search)
argparse [0.10.1]
docopt [0.6.7]
librtd [0.0.2.1, 0.0.2.2]
nimpy [0.1.1, 0.1.0]
progress [1.1.1]
viroid_search [#head]
~/D/P/R/viroid-search ❯❯❯ nimble install chronicles (viroid-search)
Downloading https://github.com/status-im/nim-chronicles using git
Verifying dependencies for [email protected]
Installing testutils@any version
Downloading https://github.com/status-im/nim-testutils using git
Verifying dependencies for [email protected]
Installing [email protected]
Building testutils/ntu using c backend
/private/var/folders/gw/sk03t1cn3wlgclyc55yst44w0000gn/T/nimble_73660/githubcom_statusimnimtestutils/testutils/fuzzing_engines.nim(1, 19) Warning: import os.nim instead; ospaths is deprecated [Deprecated]
/private/var/folders/gw/sk03t1cn3wlgclyc55yst44w0000gn/T/nimble_73660/githubcom_statusimnimtestutils/ntu.nim(64, 15) template/generic instantiation of `styledEcho` from here
/usr/local/Cellar/nim/1.4.0/nim/lib/pure/terminal.nim(744, 9) template/generic instantiation of `styledWriteLine` from here
/private/var/folders/gw/sk03t1cn3wlgclyc55yst44w0000gn/T/nimble_73660/githubcom_statusimnimtestutils/ntu.nim(65, 33) Warning: binary is deprecated [Deprecated]
/private/var/folders/gw/sk03t1cn3wlgclyc55yst44w0000gn/T/nimble_73660/githubcom_statusimnimtestutils/ntu.nim(136, 14) Warning: use fileExists; existsFile is deprecated [Deprecated]
/private/var/folders/gw/sk03t1cn3wlgclyc55yst44w0000gn/T/nimble_73660/githubcom_statusimnimtestutils/ntu.nim(167, 12) Warning: use fileExists; existsFile is deprecated [Deprecated]
/private/var/folders/gw/sk03t1cn3wlgclyc55yst44w0000gn/T/nimble_73660/githubcom_statusimnimtestutils/ntu.nim(240, 16) Warning: binary is deprecated [Deprecated]
/private/var/folders/gw/sk03t1cn3wlgclyc55yst44w0000gn/T/nimble_73660/githubcom_statusimnimtestutils/testutils/config.nim(125, 18) Warning: Potential object case transition, instantiate new object instead [CaseTransition]
Success: testutils installed successfully.
Installing json_serialization@any version
Downloading https://github.com/status-im/nim-json-serialization using git
Verifying dependencies for [email protected]
Installing serialization@any version
Downloading https://github.com/status-im/nim-serialization using git
Verifying dependencies for [email protected]
Installing faststreams@any version
Downloading https://github.com/status-im/nim-faststreams using git
Verifying dependencies for [email protected]
Installing stew@any version
Downloading https://github.com/status-im/nim-stew using git
Verifying dependencies for [email protected]
Installing [email protected]
Success: stew installed successfully.
Info: Dependency on testutils@any version already satisfied
Verifying dependencies for [email protected]
Installing chronos@any version
Downloading https://github.com/status-im/nim-chronos using git
Verifying dependencies for [email protected]
Info: Dependency on stew@any version already satisfied
Verifying dependencies for [email protected]
Installing bearssl@any version
Downloading https://github.com/status-im/nim-bearssl using git
Verifying dependencies for [email protected]
Installing [email protected]
Success: bearssl installed successfully.
Installing [email protected]
Success: chronos installed successfully.
Installing [email protected]
Success: faststreams installed successfully.
Info: Dependency on stew@any version already satisfied
Verifying dependencies for [email protected]
Installing [email protected]
Success: serialization installed successfully.
Info: Dependency on stew@any version already satisfied
Verifying dependencies for [email protected]
Installing [email protected]
Success: json_serialization installed successfully.
Installing [email protected]
Success: chronicles installed successfully.
~/D/P/R/viroid-search ❯❯❯ nimble uninstall -i chronicles (viroid-search)
Looking for chronicles (any version)
Checking reverse dependencies
Prompt: The following packages will be removed:
chronicles (0.10.0)
Do you wish to continue? [y/N]
Answer: y
Removed chronicles (0.10.0)
~/D/P/R/viroid-search ❯❯❯ nimble list -i (viroid-search)
argparse [0.10.1]
bearssl [0.1.5]
chronos [2.5.2]
docopt [0.6.7]
faststreams [0.2.0]
json_serialization [0.1.0]
librtd [0.0.2.1, 0.0.2.2]
nimpy [0.1.1, 0.1.0]
progress [1.1.1]
serialization [0.1.0]
stew [0.1.0]
testutils [0.3.0]
viroid_search [#head]
Nimble info:
nimble v0.12.0 compiled at 2020-10-17 06:31:40
git hash: 8f7af860c5ce9634af880a7081c6435e1f2a5148
The -i | --inclDeps flag is to uninstall packages that depend on chronicles in this use case, not the packages that chronicles depends on. Without the -i flag, you couldn't uninstall, say serialization since chronicles depends on it. So in that use case, nimble uninstall -i serialization would uninstall it and chronicles.
That's somewhat counterintuitive but makes sense now when I reread the docs. Is there a straightforward way to uninstall a package and all the packages upon which it depends (unless one of those is depended on by another package)?
Maybe a clearers message in the docs could be:
[-i, --inclDeps] Uninstalls package and all package(s) which depend on it.
Then a potential recursive option (what I thought it did) could be:
[-r, --recursive] Uninstalls package and all packages which it depends on unless those are otherwise required.
Today I stumbled on this, and I also find --inclDeps counterintuitive.
Here is my example:
$ nimble install nimibook
...
$ nimble list -i
jsony [(version: 1.1.5, checksum: 6aeb83e7481ca8686396a568096054bc668294df)]
markdown [(version: 0.8.7, checksum: 2fc60a4d5b3532018cb44982684af330e291dc5e)]
mustache [(version: 0.4.3, checksum: 9c7e49440ae9bb6494bd202eea6ef7405811c6bb)]
nimib [(version: 0.3.9, checksum: aef1ca56d3e8ab84e7c34f5122d3e9f9bc39a8bf)]
nimibook [(version: 0.3.1, checksum: 06712caa40fe85d8b150e04e4eb9c7d9955f4bbe)]
parsetoml [(version: 0.7.1, checksum: 586fe63467a674008c4445ed1b8ac882177d7103)]
tempfile [(version: 0.1.7, checksum: d7c473819bbf0e38cad32e00598bd42366606e08)]
$ nimble uninstall --inclDeps nimibook
Looking for nimibook (any version)
Checking reverse dependencies
Removed nimibook-0.3.1-06712caa40fe85d8b150e04e4eb9c7d9955f4bbe
$ nimble list -i
jsony [(version: 1.1.5, checksum: 6aeb83e7481ca8686396a568096054bc668294df)]
markdown [(version: 0.8.7, checksum: 2fc60a4d5b3532018cb44982684af330e291dc5e)]
mustache [(version: 0.4.3, checksum: 9c7e49440ae9bb6494bd202eea6ef7405811c6bb)]
nimib [(version: 0.3.9, checksum: aef1ca56d3e8ab84e7c34f5122d3e9f9bc39a8bf)]
parsetoml [(version: 0.7.1, checksum: 586fe63467a674008c4445ed1b8ac882177d7103)]
tempfile [(version: 0.1.7, checksum: d7c473819bbf0e38cad32e00598bd42366606e08)]
