Maintenance
This section covers essential features that are fundamental to Soar's operation and maintenance.
Self Management
Soar provides commands to manage the package manager itself, including updating to newer versions and complete uninstallation.
Update Soar
soar self update
Updates Soar to the latest version by downloading pre-compiled binaries from GitHub releases.
You can control which release channel to use through environment variables:
SOAR_NIGHTLY=1Switches to the nightly (development) channelSOAR_RELEASE=1Switches to the stable release channel
These environment variables take precedence over the currently installed channel. For example:
# Update within current channel
soar self update
# Switch to and update from nightly channel
SOAR_NIGHTLY=1 soar self update
# Switch to and update from stable channel
SOAR_RELEASE=1 soar self update
Uninstall Soar
soar self uninstall
Completely removes Soar from your system