How to remove Homebridge on Raspberry Pi
How can I remove Homebridge from a Raspberry Pi 3. I have attempted the following without any luck.
pi@Development:~ $ sudo npm uninstall homebridge
npm WARN enoent ENOENT: no such file or directory, open '/home/pi/package.json'
npm WARN pi No description
npm WARN pi No repository field.
npm WARN pi No README data
npm WARN pi No license field.
I have also attempted to remove it not as sudo. A much longer result but still no luck.
pi@Development:~ $ npm uninstall homebridge
npm WARN enoent ENOENT: no such file or directory, open '/home/pi/package.json'
npm WARN pi No description
npm WARN pi No repository field.
npm WARN pi No README data
npm WARN pi No license field.
npm ERR! Linux 4.4.21-v7+
npm ERR! argv "/usr/local/bin/node" "/usr/local/bin/npm" "uninstall" "homebridge"
npm ERR! node v7.3.0
npm ERR! npm v4.0.5
npm ERR! path /home/pi/node_modules/.staging
npm ERR! code EACCES
npm ERR! errno -13
npm ERR! syscall mkdir
npm ERR! Error: EACCES: permission denied, mkdir '/home/pi/node_modules/.staging'
npm ERR! { Error: EACCES: permission denied, mkdir '/home/pi/node_modules/.staging'
npm ERR! errno: -13,
npm ERR! code: 'EACCES',
npm ERR! syscall: 'mkdir',
npm ERR! path: '/home/pi/node_modules/.staging' }
npm ERR!
npm ERR! Please try running this command again as root/Administrator
npm ERR! Please include the following file with any support request:
npm ERR! /home/pi/npm-debug.log
Answer
You can do it globally as root:
sudo npm uninstall -g homebridge
Homebridge's configuration files are stored in ~/.homebridge (if you're using default user "pi", the directory is /home/pi/.homebridge)