Clean install

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During the alpha and beta testing we may ask people to clean install the platform tools, this document describes the process for removing and re-installing the platform tools.

Most of the time a clean install is not necessary and we recommend running uvm update to upgrade to the latest version but sometimes we change the layout of the installation directory and a clean install is the best option.

We store all files in a .uwe folder within your home directory; to uninstall just remove this folder. The version manager uvm has an uninstall command which will delete this directory:

uvm uninstall

Type y when prompted and the .uwe directory will be removed.

If for some reason uvm is not available you could uninstall manually like this:

rm -rf $HOME/.uwe

Then to re-install use the quick install script:

curl https://releases.uwe.app/install.sh | sh

Afterwards the platform tools should be available again, if you run into any problems please raise an issue or comment here, thanks 👍