Class Gem::Uninstaller
In: lib/rubygems/uninstaller.rb
Parent: Object

An Uninstaller.

The uninstaller fires pre and post uninstall hooks. Hooks can be added either through a rubygems_plugin.rb file in an installed gem or via a rubygems/defaults/#{RUBY_ENGINE}.rb or rubygems/defaults/operating_system.rb file. See Gem.pre_uninstall and Gem.post_uninstall for details.

Methods

ask_if_ok   dependencies_ok?   new   path_ok?   remove   remove_all   remove_executables   uninstall   uninstall_gem  

Included Modules

Gem::UserInteraction

Attributes

bin_dir  [R]  The directory a gem’s executables will be installed into
gem_home  [R]  The gem repository the gem will be installed into
spec  [R]  The Gem::Specification for the gem being uninstalled, only set during uninstall_gem

Public Class methods

new(gem, options = {})

Constructs an uninstaller that will uninstall gem

Public Instance methods

path_ok?(gem_dir, spec)

Is spec in gem_dir?

remove(spec, list)
spec:the spec of the gem to be uninstalled
list:the list of all such gems

Warning: this method modifies the list parameter. Once it has uninstalled a gem, it is removed from that list.

remove_all(list)

Removes all gems in list.

NOTE: removes uninstalled gems from list.

remove_executables(spec)

Removes installed executables and batch files (windows only) for gemspec.

uninstall()

Performs the uninstall of the gem. This removes the spec, the Gem directory, and the cached .gem file.

uninstall_gem(spec, specs)

Uninstalls gem spec

[Validate]