Uninstall a DuckDB extension — ext_uninstall • quak

Removes the extension file from DuckDB's extension_directory. Optionally also purges the corresponding entry from the local cache.

Usage

ext_uninstall(
  name,
  purge_cache = FALSE,
  cache = ext_cache(),
  conn = conn_default()
)

Arguments

name: Character scalar. Extension name.
purge_cache: Logical. If TRUE, also removes the file from cache.
cache: An ext_cache object. Only used when purge_cache = TRUE.
conn: A DuckDB connection. Defaults to conn_default().

Value

Invisibly returns conn.

Examples

if (FALSE) { # \dontrun{
# Requires a connection with the extension already installed.
conn <- DBI::dbConnect(duckdb::duckdb())
ext_uninstall("httpfs", conn = conn)
DBI::dbDisconnect(conn, shutdown = TRUE)
} # }