Document how to uninstall chefdk about chef-dk HOT 8 CLOSED

There will be an uninstall script in a future release. For now, you want to loop over the executables in /opt/chefdk/bin and remove the corresponding symlinks in /usr/bin/. Then you can rm -rf /opt/chefdk and finally pkgutil --forget com.getchef.pkg.chefdk to remove it from the package database. Side note, it would be cool if OS X had an uninstaller.

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@rberger On Mac OSX ChefDK can now be installed with homebrew cask. You can uninstall it with brew cask uninstall chefdk, which will remove the symlinks and com.getchef.pkg.chefdk.

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I made uninstall script for Mac OS.

https://gist.github.com/otukutun/0106977649dd765eb9b7

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I recommend you also clear out the chefdk's ruby in your user directory. rm -rf ~/.chefdk/ should do the trick.

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Should I also care about my ~/.gem directory when uninstalling chef-dk?

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@ricardolupo If you're using ChefDK's ruby as your local system ruby environment, it shouldn't touch ~/.gem.

However I'd be wary about removing /.chefdk entirely on upgrades. That directory is also where the policyfile-downloaded cookbooks are cached (/.chefdk/cache).

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I remove the ~/.chefdk for those times I've managed to, yet again, totally hose my gems.

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Thanks @otukutun, your script uninstalled fine for me when run under sudo (or root).

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