cargo-uninstall(1)
NAME
cargo-uninstall - Remove a Rust binary
SYNOPSIS
cargo uninstall
[options] [spec...]
DESCRIPTION
This command removes a package installed with cargo-install(1). The spec argument is a package ID specification of the package to remove (see cargo-pkgid(1)).
By default all binaries are removed for a crate but the --bin
and
--example
flags can be used to only remove particular binaries.
The installation root is determined, in order of precedence:
--root
optionCARGO_INSTALL_ROOT
environment variableinstall.root
Cargo config valueCARGO_HOME
environment variable$HOME/.cargo
OPTIONS
Install Options
-p
--package
spec...- Package to uninstall.
--bin
name...- Only uninstall the binary name.
--root
dir- Directory to uninstall packages from.
Display Options
-v
--verbose
- Use verbose output. May be specified twice for "very verbose" output which
includes extra output such as dependency warnings and build script output.
May also be specified with the
term.verbose
config value. -q
--quiet
- Do not print cargo log messages.
May also be specified with the
term.quiet
config value. --color
when- Control when colored output is used. Valid values:
auto
(default): Automatically detect if color support is available on the terminal.always
: Always display colors.never
: Never display colors.
May also be specified with the
term.color
config value.
Common Options
+
toolchain- If Cargo has been installed with rustup, and the first argument to
cargo
begins with+
, it will be interpreted as a rustup toolchain name (such as+stable
or+nightly
). See the rustup documentation for more information about how toolchain overrides work. --config
KEY=VALUE- Overrides a Cargo configuration value.
-h
--help
- Prints help information.
-Z
flag- Unstable (nightly-only) flags to Cargo. Run
cargo -Z help
for details.
ENVIRONMENT
See the reference for details on environment variables that Cargo reads.
EXIT STATUS
0
: Cargo succeeded.101
: Cargo failed to complete.
EXAMPLES
-
Uninstall a previously installed package.
cargo uninstall ripgrep