Does pkgm uninstall remove the symlinks as well?

Start by reproducing the sequence with pkgm uninstall libpng.org followed by pkgm install python@3.8, then inspect the installed pkgm/v0.11.1/bin/pkgm paths shown in the stack trace, especially symlink_with_overwrite and the uninstall flow. Done means uninstall removes the package's symlinks and a failed install does not leave stale links or restore the removed package unexpectedly.

I am trying to figure out the dev integration with pkgm. The start of my trouble was when I had a pkgx.yaml file with python@3.8 specified as a dependency, but dev was using python@3.13 from ~/.pkgx/....

Found on dev that the recommended way to use dev for isolated environments is to use pkgm. So, I installed python@3.8 via:

pkgm install python@3.8

I noticed I was getting this error:

❯ pkgm install python@3.8
× nothing provides: q!
│ we haven’t pkgd this yet. can you?
╰─➤ https://docs.pkgx.sh/pantry

I got past that error only if I removed the pkgx.yaml file – once I did that and tried to re-run, I got this error:

error: Uncaught (in promise) AlreadyExists: File exists (os error 17): symlink '/Users/sanch/.local/pkgs/libpng.org/v1.6.40/lib/libpng.la' -> '/Users/sanch/.local/lib/libpng.la'
  Deno.symlinkSync(src, dst);
       ^
    at Object.symlinkSync (ext:deno_fs/30_fs.js:504:3)
    at symlink_with_overwrite (file:///Users/sanch/.pkgx/pkgx.sh/pkgm/v0.11.1/bin/pkgm:501:8)
    at processEntry (file:///Users/sanch/.pkgx/pkgx.sh/pkgm/v0.11.1/bin/pkgm:419:7)
    at eventLoopTick (ext:core/01_core.js:178:7)
    at async processEntry (file:///Users/sanch/.pkgx/pkgx.sh/pkgm/v0.11.1/bin/pkgm:412:9)
    at async symlink (file:///Users/sanch/.pkgx/pkgx.sh/pkgm/v0.11.1/bin/pkgm:397:7)
    at async install (file:///Users/sanch/.pkgx/pkgx.sh/pkgm/v0.11.1/bin/pkgm:159:7)
    at async file:///Users/sanch/.pkgx/pkgx.sh/pkgm/v0.11.1/bin/pkgm:65:20

ok, so there's already a libpng.la in ~/.local. So, i tried uninstalling (and sudo uninstalling, to remove it from /usr/bin/local, in case it was there too). pasting a big log chunk here - but the idea is that I have libpng.org, i uninstall it and it goes away, i install python@3.8 and it throws an error, and then libpng.org has magically reappeared.

~/L/Mo/com~apple~CloudDocs/Documents/berkeley/fall 2025 ·············· 12:32:36
❯ pkgm list
/usr/local/pkgs/tcl-lang.org/v8.6.13
/usr/local/pkgs/sqlite.org/v3.44.2
/usr/local/pkgs/bytereef.org/mpdecimal/v2.5.1
/usr/local/pkgs/sourceware.org/libffi/v3.4.4
/usr/local/pkgs/sourceware.org/bzip2/v1.0.8
/usr/local/pkgs/openssl.org/v1.1.1w
/usr/local/pkgs/tukaani.org/xz/v5.4.5
/usr/local/pkgs/freetype.org/v2.13.2
/usr/local/pkgs/pkgx.sh/v2.7.0
/usr/local/pkgs/pkgx.sh/v1.5.0
/usr/local/pkgs/zlib.net/v1.3.0
/usr/local/pkgs/gnu.org/readline/v8.2.0
/usr/local/pkgs/invisible-island.net/ncurses/v6.4.0
/usr/local/pkgs/libexpat.github.io/v2.5.0
/usr/local/pkgs/pip.pypa.io/v23.3.2
/usr/local/pkgs/curl.se/ca-certs/v2023.12.12
/usr/local/pkgs/x.org/x11/v1.8.11
/usr/local/pkgs/x.org/protocol/v2023.2.0
/usr/local/pkgs/x.org/xau/v1.0.11
/usr/local/pkgs/x.org/xdmcp/v1.1.4
/usr/local/pkgs/x.org/exts/v1.3.5
~/.local/pkgs/libpng.org/v1.6.40
~/.local/pkgs/tcl-lang.org/v8.6.13
~/.local/pkgs/sqlite.org/v3.44.2
~/.local/pkgs/bytereef.org/mpdecimal/v2.5.1
~/.local/pkgs/sourceware.org/libffi/v3.4.4
~/.local/pkgs/sourceware.org/bzip2/v1.0.8
~/.local/pkgs/freedesktop.org/pkg-config/v0.29.2
~/.local/pkgs/github.com/spencerkimball/stargazers/v0.0.0
~/.local/pkgs/openssl.org/v1.1.1w
~/.local/pkgs/tukaani.org/xz/v5.4.5
~/.local/pkgs/freetype.org/v2.13.2
~/.local/pkgs/pkgx.sh/v2.7.0
~/.local/pkgs/pkgx.sh/v1.5.0
~/.local/pkgs/pkgx.sh/dev/v1.5.0
~/.local/pkgs/zlib.net/v1.3.0
~/.local/pkgs/gnu.org/readline/v8.2.0
~/.local/pkgs/invisible-island.net/ncurses/v6.4.0
~/.local/pkgs/libexpat.github.io/v2.5.0
~/.local/pkgs/pip.pypa.io/v23.3.2
~/.local/pkgs/curl.se/ca-certs/v2023.12.12
~/.local/pkgs/x.org/x11/v1.8.11
~/.local/pkgs/x.org/protocol/v2023.2.0
~/.local/pkgs/x.org/util-macros/v1.20.0
~/.local/pkgs/x.org/xau/v1.0.11
~/.local/pkgs/x.org/xdmcp/v1.1.4
~/.local/pkgs/x.org/exts/v1.3.5
~/.local/pkgs/x.org/xcb/v1.16.0

~/L/Mo/com~apple~CloudDocs/Documents/berkeley/fall 2025 ·············· 12:33:46
❯ pkgm uninstall libpng.org
uninstalling ~/.local/pkgs/libpng.org

~/L/Mo/com~apple~CloudDocs/Documents/berkeley/fall 2025 ·············· 12:34:00
❯ pkgm install python@3.8
error: Uncaught (in promise) AlreadyExists: File exists (os error 17): symlink '/Users/sanch/.local/pkgs/libpng.org/v1.6.40/lib/libpng.la' -> '/Users/sanch/.local/lib/libpng.la'
  Deno.symlinkSync(src, dst);
       ^
    at Object.symlinkSync (ext:deno_fs/30_fs.js:504:3)
    at symlink_with_overwrite (file:///Users/sanch/.pkgx/pkgx.sh/pkgm/v0.11.1/bin/pkgm:501:8)
    at processEntry (file:///Users/sanch/.pkgx/pkgx.sh/pkgm/v0.11.1/bin/pkgm:419:7)
    at eventLoopTick (ext:core/01_core.js:178:7)
    at async processEntry (file:///Users/sanch/.pkgx/pkgx.sh/pkgm/v0.11.1/bin/pkgm:412:9)
    at async symlink (file:///Users/sanch/.pkgx/pkgx.sh/pkgm/v0.11.1/bin/pkgm:397:7)
    at async install (file:///Users/sanch/.pkgx/pkgx.sh/pkgm/v0.11.1/bin/pkgm:159:7)
    at async file:///Users/sanch/.pkgx/pkgx.sh/pkgm/v0.11.1/bin/pkgm:65:20

~/L/Mo/com~apple~CloudDocs/Documents/berkeley/fall 2025 ··········· 8s 12:34:13
❯ pkgm list
/usr/local/pkgs/tcl-lang.org/v8.6.13
/usr/local/pkgs/sqlite.org/v3.44.2
/usr/local/pkgs/bytereef.org/mpdecimal/v2.5.1
/usr/local/pkgs/sourceware.org/libffi/v3.4.4
/usr/local/pkgs/sourceware.org/bzip2/v1.0.8
/usr/local/pkgs/openssl.org/v1.1.1w
/usr/local/pkgs/tukaani.org/xz/v5.4.5
/usr/local/pkgs/freetype.org/v2.13.2
/usr/local/pkgs/pkgx.sh/v2.7.0
/usr/local/pkgs/pkgx.sh/v1.5.0
/usr/local/pkgs/zlib.net/v1.3.0
/usr/local/pkgs/gnu.org/readline/v8.2.0
/usr/local/pkgs/invisible-island.net/ncurses/v6.4.0
/usr/local/pkgs/libexpat.github.io/v2.5.0
/usr/local/pkgs/pip.pypa.io/v23.3.2
/usr/local/pkgs/curl.se/ca-certs/v2023.12.12
/usr/local/pkgs/x.org/x11/v1.8.11
/usr/local/pkgs/x.org/protocol/v2023.2.0
/usr/local/pkgs/x.org/xau/v1.0.11
/usr/local/pkgs/x.org/xdmcp/v1.1.4
/usr/local/pkgs/x.org/exts/v1.3.5
~/.local/pkgs/libpng.org/v1.6.40
~/.local/pkgs/tcl-lang.org/v8.6.13
~/.local/pkgs/sqlite.org/v3.44.2
~/.local/pkgs/bytereef.org/mpdecimal/v2.5.1
~/.local/pkgs/sourceware.org/libffi/v3.4.4
~/.local/pkgs/sourceware.org/bzip2/v1.0.8
~/.local/pkgs/freedesktop.org/pkg-config/v0.29.2
~/.local/pkgs/github.com/spencerkimball/stargazers/v0.0.0
~/.local/pkgs/openssl.org/v1.1.1w
~/.local/pkgs/tukaani.org/xz/v5.4.5
~/.local/pkgs/freetype.org/v2.13.2
~/.local/pkgs/pkgx.sh/v2.7.0
~/.local/pkgs/pkgx.sh/v1.5.0
~/.local/pkgs/pkgx.sh/dev/v1.5.0
~/.local/pkgs/zlib.net/v1.3.0
~/.local/pkgs/gnu.org/readline/v8.2.0
~/.local/pkgs/invisible-island.net/ncurses/v6.4.0
~/.local/pkgs/libexpat.github.io/v2.5.0
~/.local/pkgs/pip.pypa.io/v23.3.2
~/.local/pkgs/curl.se/ca-certs/v2023.12.12
~/.local/pkgs/x.org/x11/v1.8.11
~/.local/pkgs/x.org/protocol/v2023.2.0
~/.local/pkgs/x.org/util-macros/v1.20.0
~/.local/pkgs/x.org/xau/v1.0.11
~/.local/pkgs/x.org/xdmcp/v1.1.4
~/.local/pkgs/x.org/exts/v1.3.5
~/.local/pkgs/x.org/xcb/v1.16.0