Help text for volta uninstall --help incorrectly states node versions can be uninstalled

[nifr]

Steps to reproduce:

volta uninstall --help

Shows the following: ( node is the first suggested tool that can be uninstalled )

[..]
ARGS:
    <tool>    The tool to uninstall, e.g. `node`, `npm`, `yarn`, or <package>

If we try to uninstall a node version volta shows an error.

volta uninstall node

Output/Error:

error: Uninstalling node is not supported yet.

If we attempt to uninstall a concrete node version volta shows a different error.

volta uninstall [email protected]

Output/Error:

warning:  No package '[email protected]' found to uninstall

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Question: Is it still planned to implement uninstallation of node versions installed by volta?
Question: Is it possible to uninstall a node version installed with volta manually (for now)? If yes - how?

[mauudev]

any updates on this? I'm also playing around with this and can't unistall a node version :/

[JawilX]

me too. Is this tool no longer maintained?

[chriskrycho]

It's maintained, but we've all been busy. This one is a case where we thought we would implement that feature and then… have not yet been able to! See #327. A welcome change here would be just updating the help text via the comment here – we can get that merged very quickly. (Or one of us might hopefully also be able to get there, but we're much likelier to merge a PR than to open it ourselves at the moment.)

[MrChocolatine]

@nifr

Question: Is it possible to uninstall a node version installed with volta manually (for now)? If yes - how?

@mauudev

any updates on this? I'm also playing around with this and can't unistall a node version :/

To manually uninstall a version you need to delete:

• $HOME/.volta/tools/image/< TOOL >/< VERSION >/
• $HOME/.volta/tools/inventory/< TOOL >/< VERSION >

For instance, say I execute:

volta install node@16

to uninstall this version I would need to manually delete:

• $HOME/.volta/tools/image/node/16.20.2/
• $HOME/.volta/tools/inventory/node/node-v16.20.2-darwin-arm64.tar.gz
• $HOME/.volta/tools/inventory/node/node-v16.20.2-npm