How to uninstall Python site-package which was installed using "python setup.py develop"?

Question

pip freeze result show:

-e [email protected]:Tallmad/zeus@6155c80f5b87cba0aeb8c1bfb6fc6b6dd86b0fa8#egg=zeus-dev

It fails:

pip uninstall [email protected]:Tallmad/zeus@6155c80f5b87cba0aeb8c1bfb6fc6b6dd86b0fa8#egg

Delete your virtualenv and start over: deactivate; rmvirtualenv <current-venv>; mkvirtualenv <current-venv> If you are not using virtualenvwrapper, consider adding this to your stack now: doughellmann.com/projects/virtualenvwrapper — hughdbrown
– hughdbrown, Commented Oct 12, 2012 at 15:08
There are many other packages in my virtualenv. And I just want to uninstall my project while remain others — Tallmad
– Tallmad, Commented Oct 12, 2012 at 16:07
Try running the install again with --record to get a list of all the files it touches — nathancahill
– nathancahill, Commented Oct 12, 2012 at 17:49
Start here: google.com/search?q=virtualenv+uninstall+git+package End up here: stackoverflow.com/questions/8926566/… — hughdbrown
– hughdbrown, Commented Oct 12, 2012 at 19:01

Tallmad · Accepted Answer · 2012-10-13 07:40:53Z

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I've solved it. Two steps:

Step 1: I install my project 'zeus'

python setup.py install

Setp 2: uninstall it:

pip uninstall zeus

Done

answered Oct 13, 2012 at 7:40

Tallmad

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I think you could've skipped Step 1.

I've tried skipping Step 1, but it didn't work. So Step 1 cannot be skipped

Chenster Liu · Accepted Answer · 2022-01-08 21:19:39Z

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install again with --record to store installing files.

python setup.py install --record install.log
manually remove those files from the record file

xargs rm -rf < install.log

answered Jan 8, 2022 at 21:19

Chenster Liu

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