+
+
+
+ setup.py uninstall
Contents +Unix-like
+ +Install over the existing installation with the same sources, recording installed files, then delete them.
+sudo python setup.py install --record files.txt
+# inspect files.txt to make sure it looks ok. Then in bash:
+tr '\n' '\0' < files.txt | xargs -0 sudo rm -f --
+Windows
+ +Install on top of the existing installation with a windows installer, then add-remove programs to uninstall.
+python setup.py bdist_wininst
+dist/foo-1.0.win32.exe
+Use other methods which fully support uninstall when available
+ +Uninstalling setup.py install has some inherent problems, which usually aren't a problem:
+ +-
+
- Files which a different package also depends on will be removed by uninstall +
- Can't remove installed directories. --record only records non-directory files. +
- If a file is installed which includes a newline, the command this page +recommends will fail. This won't happen except for a rare bug or a +malicious program. We could overcome this by using bdist_dumb, then +removing the files found in the archive which that command +builds. However, I'm no more confident of that command not having a +bug or edge case in which it would produce different files than a +normal install than I am of a package having a file with a newline in +it. +
Alternatives
+ +-
+
- pip +
- python setup.py install bdist_rpm +
- python setup.py bdist_wininst +
- official python recommendations +
This page is also at stackoverflow answer.
+ +TODO: contribute this under https://wiki.python.org/moin/Distutils/Cookbook.
+ +