[BUG] Installer can delete unrelated `strix` executables from `PATH`

[Neonsy]

Summary

The shell installer can delete existing strix executables outside its own installation directory, including files managed by pipx or another development environment

Code paths involved

check_existing_installation enumerates matches from which -a strix and removes regular files or symlinks

verify_installation may remove another executable when it wins path resolution

The installer can also call pipx uninstall strix-agent based on the discovered path

This report comes from source tracing rather than running the destructive path

Why this is risky

Path discovery shows that another executable exists, but it does not establish that the installer owns that file

Removing the file automatically can break a setup the user intended to keep

Requested behavior

The installer should replace only the executable inside its managed directory

If another strix wins path resolution, report its location and explain how the user can resolve the conflict

Do not delete that file or invoke pipx uninstall without an explicit user action

A regression test can model several strix executables on PATH and confirm that only the managed path changes

[superezzdev]

Hi! @Neonsy @mvanhorn
I’d like to work on this issue.

I’ve reviewed the installer paths described here, and I agree that discovering a strix executable on PATH should not be treated as proof that the installer owns it.

I’d like to update the installer so that it only removes/replaces the executable inside its managed installation directory, while reporting conflicting strix executables elsewhere on PATH without deleting them or invoking pipx uninstall automatically.

I’ll also add a regression test covering multiple strix executables on PATH to verify that only the managed installation is modified.

Could you please assign this issue to me?

[Neonsy]

@superezzdev

I'm not a maintainer, and IDK if you've used AI to write these across 3 issues I've opened, but it's odd to have the same opening, closing, as well as the structure in the middle

Not sure who that other person is or why you tagged them

If it is AI I have to wonder about the quality and dedication, if you don't even take the time for a short text