Method removePackage

src/helpViewer/packages.ts:194–207

(pkgName: string)

    // remove a specified package. The packagename is selected e.g. in the help tree-view
    public async removePackage(pkgName: string): Promise<boolean> {
        const rPath = this.rHelp.rPath;
        const args = ['--silent', '--no-echo', '--no-save', '--no-restore', '-e', `remove.packages('${pkgName}')`];
        const cmd = `${rPath} ${args.join(' ')}`;
        const confirmation = 'Yes, remove package!';
        const prompt = `Are you sure you want to remove package ${pkgName}?`;

        if(await getConfirmation(prompt, confirmation, cmd)){
            await executeAsTask('Remove Package', rPath, args, true);
            return true;
        } else{
            return false;
        }
    }

    // actually install packages
    // confirmation can be skipped (e.g. if the user has confimred before)