Skip to content

Instantly share code, notes, and snippets.

@dfrankland
Forked from expelledboy/uninstall-nix-osx.sh
Created March 3, 2022 03:49
Show Gist options
  • Save dfrankland/a982fd45b50a2a56f8e3d9a2ea0bf03c to your computer and use it in GitHub Desktop.
Save dfrankland/a982fd45b50a2a56f8e3d9a2ea0bf03c to your computer and use it in GitHub Desktop.
Trying Nix
#!/bin/bash
# !!WARNING!!
# This will DELETE all efforts you have put into configuring nix
# Have a look through everything that gets deleted / copied over
nix-env -e '.*'
rm -rf $HOME/.nix-*
rm -rf $HOME/.config/nixpkgs
rm -rf $HOME/.cache/nix
rm -rf $HOME/.nixpkgs
if [ -L $HOME/Applications ]; then
rm $HOME/Applications
fi
sudo rm -rf /etc/nix /nix
# Nix wasnt installed using `--daemon`
[ ! -f /Library/LaunchDaemons/org.nixos.nix-daemon.plist ] && exit 0
if [ -f /Library/LaunchDaemons/org.nixos.nix-daemon.plist ]; then
sudo launchctl unload /Library/LaunchDaemons/org.nixos.nix-daemon.plist
sudo rm /Library/LaunchDaemons/org.nixos.nix-daemon.plist
fi
if [ -f /etc/profile.backup-before-nix ]; then
sudo mv /etc/profile.backup-before-nix /etc/profile
fi
if [ -f /etc/bashrc.backup-before-nix ]; then
sudo mv /etc/bashrc.backup-before-nix /etc/bashrc
fi
if [ -f /etc/zshrc.backup-before-nix ]; then
sudo mv /etc/zshrc.backup-before-nix /etc/zshrc
fi
USERS=$(sudo dscl . list /Users | grep nixbld)
for USER in $USERS; do
sudo /usr/bin/dscl . -delete "/Users/$USER"
sudo /usr/bin/dscl . -delete /Groups/staff GroupMembership $USER;
done
sudo /usr/bin/dscl . -delete "/Groups/nixbld"
sudo rm -rf /var/root/.nix-*
sudo rm -rf /var/root/.cache/nix
# useful for finding hanging links
# $ find . -type l -maxdepth 5 ! -exec test -e {} \; -print 2>/dev/null | xargs -I {} sh -c 'file -b {} | grep nix && echo {}'
Sign up for free to join this conversation on GitHub. Already have an account? Sign in to comment