Updating & Uninstalling

Updating

# CLI (any machine)
bhatti update

# Server (updates CLI, kernel, rootfs, lohar)
sudo bhatti update

# Server, but only the CLI binary
bhatti update --cli-only

# Server + install additional rootfs tiers
sudo bhatti update --tiers all
sudo bhatti update --tiers browser,docker

Only changed components are downloaded — if the kernel and rootfs haven’t changed since your last update, they’re skipped automatically.

Use --cli-only on a server when you want to test a CLI fix without touching kernel/rootfs/lohar. Use --tiers to pull additional rootfs images (minimal, browser, docker, computer) without re-running the full install.

Or re-run the install command:

curl -fsSL bhatti.sh/install | bash          # CLI
curl -fsSL bhatti.sh/install | sudo bash     # server

Note

bhatti update updating all server components (not just the CLI binary) requires v1.7.3 or later. On older versions, use the curl command above.

Check for updates

bhatti version

Shows the installed version and checks GitHub for the latest release. Update notices also appear in bhatti admin status.

Uninstalling

Keep data (reinstallable)

curl -fsSL bhatti.sh/uninstall | sudo bash

Removes binaries and the systemd service. Keeps /var/lib/bhatti (images, volumes, snapshots, secrets, database) so you can reinstall later without losing state.

Remove everything

curl -fsSL bhatti.sh/uninstall | sudo bash -s -- --purge

Removes all data including volumes, snapshots, and the encryption key.

CLI only

sudo rm /usr/local/bin/bhatti
rm -rf ~/.bhatti