Update, move, or uninstall

Everything you need after the first install: keeping current, choosing where the binary lives, and removing it cleanly.

Update protostar

There is no separate "update" command — you re-run the installer for your channel, and it replaces the binary in place.

Windows (PowerShell)

irm https://raw.githubusercontent.com/voidprojectssoftware/protostar/main/scripts/install.ps1 | iex

Linux / macOS

curl -fsSL https://raw.githubusercontent.com/voidprojectssoftware/protostar/main/scripts/install.sh | sh

On edge, re-run the --channel edge form to pull the newest rolling build. Confirm with protostar --version.

Install to a custom directory

By default protostar install picks a per-user directory and adds it to your PATH. Override either behavior:

$ protostar install --dir <DIR>        # install somewhere specific
$ protostar install --no-modify-path   # don't touch PATH (you manage it yourself)

--no-modify-path is useful when your PATH is managed by a dotfiles repo or a configuration tool and you do not want the installer editing your shell profile.

Uninstall

$ protostar uninstall

This removes the installed binary. If you also connected protostar to a harness, remove those hooks too — uninstalling the binary does not touch your harness settings:

$ protostar install-hooks --remove --yes

To fully clean up, you can also delete the config directory that holds your saved sessions (~/.protostar, or wherever PROTOSTAR_CONFIG_DIR points). See Configuration for what lives there.

Order doesn't matter, but do both

The binary and the harness hooks are independent. Removing one leaves the other in place. For a complete teardown, run install-hooks --remove and uninstall.