Add an "remove all" feature to the NIPKG command line interface

[ChristianNeumann]

The old installer had an option to remove all NI Software via the command line:

Automating Uninstallation of NI Software - National Instruments
https://knowledge.ni.com/KnowledgeArticleDetails?id=kA00Z0000019LfWSAU&l=en-US

While the nipk  command line interface has the "remove" option there is no "remove all" feature. It is only possible to remove single packages.

[ChristianNeumann]

Hi Aaron,

thank you for your reply.

Yes, I would expect that the 'remove all' command also uninstalls the NIPM.

Best regards,

[Scott_Richardson]

The nipkg.exe help lists the following which supports the ability to remove all packages, see bold text:

nipkg remove [OPTIONS] [PACKAGES]

Uninstalls previously installed package(s).
Use "nipkg remove" to remove all packages except locked and essential
packages and their dependencies.
Use "nipkg remove --force-essential --force-locked" to remove all packages
including locked, essential, and NI Package Manager packages.