Provide uninstall instructions in the README

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* [How rbenv hooks into your shell](#how-rbenv-hooks-into-your-shell)
* [Installing Ruby Versions](#installing-ruby-versions)
* [Uninstalling Ruby Versions](#uninstalling-ruby-versions)
* [Uninstalling rbenv](#uninstalling-rbenv)
* [Command Reference](#command-reference)
* [rbenv local](#rbenv-local)
* [rbenv global](#rbenv-global)
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The [ruby-build][] plugin provides an `rbenv uninstall` command to
automate the removal process.
### Uninstalling rbenv
The simplicity of rbenv makes it easy to temporarily disable it, or
uninstall from the system.
1. To **disable** rbenv managing your Ruby versions, simply remove the
`rbenv init` line from your shell startup configuration. This will
remove rbenv shims directory from PATH, and future invocations like
`ruby` will execute the system Ruby version, as before rbenv.
`rbenv` will still be accessible on the command line, but your Ruby
apps won't be affected by version switching.
2. To completely **uninstall** rbenv, perform step (1) and then remove
its root directory. This will **delete all Ruby versions** that were
installed under `` `rbenv root`/versions/ `` directory:
rm -rf `rbenv root`
If you've installed rbenv using a package manager, as a final step
perform the rbenv package removal. For instance, for Homebrew:
brew uninstall rbenv
## Command Reference
Like `git`, the `rbenv` command delegates to subcommands based on its