Python Setup.Py Uninstall

python setup.py uninstall

Note: Avoid using python setup.py install use pip install .

You need to remove all files manually, and also undo any other stuff that installation did manually.

If you don't know the list of all files, you can reinstall it with the --record option, and take a look at the list this produces.

To record a list of installed files, you can use:

python setup.py install --record files.txt

Once you want to uninstall you can use xargs to do the removal:

xargs rm -rf < files.txt

Or if you're running Windows, use Powershell:

Get-Content files.txt | ForEach-Object {Remove-Item $_ -Recurse -Force}

Then delete also the containing directory, e.g. /Library/Frameworks/Python.framework/Versions/3.7/lib/python3.7/site-packages/my_module-0.1.egg/ on macOS. It has no files, but Python will still import an empty module:

>>> import my_module
>>> my_module.__file__
None

Once deleted, Python shows:

>>> import my_module
Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "<stdin>", line 1, in <module>
ModuleNotFoundError: No module named 'my_module'

Calling `pip uninstall` from the source folder where `setup.py install` was called

In the output of the pip show -f pybliometrics command, we can read:

Files:
Cannot locate RECORD or installed-files.txt

This might explain why it can not be uninstalled. And I am not sure how this happened, nor how to fix it.

But with that said, here are some notes:

1. The commands shown in your question are inconsistent. On one hand you call pip show -f pybliometrics and on the other you call pip3 uninstall pybliometrics. But pip and pip3 are not necessarily the same thing, and do not necessarily interact with the same projects.

2. Do not use python setup.py install. Calling the setup.py is now deprecated, the recommended way of installing a Python project is via pip.

3. One should never call the pip scripts directly, but should always prefer explicitly calling the pip executable module with the targeted Python interpreter (see this reference article and this other answer for details).

So in your case what you probably should have done (no guarantee it would have solved your issue, but it would have minimized risks):

• Clearly identify which Python interpreter you want to use, let's say it is path/to/bin/pythonX.Y
• Install project with: path/to/bin/pythonX.Y -m pip install --user path/to/pybliometrics
• Check installed project with path/to/bin/pythonX.Y -m pip show -f pybliometrics
• Uninstall project with: path/to/bin/pythonX.Y -m pip uninstall pybliometrics

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

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

Removing python module installed in develop mode

Use the --uninstall or -u option to develop, i.e:

python setup.py develop --uninstall

This will remove it from easy-install.pth and delete the .egg-link. The only thing it doesn't do is delete scripts (yet).

Python setup.py install - remove previous version while updating

If you want to remove previous versions from your packages then you could use pip in the parent directory of your package. Lets assume your setup.py is in the directory my_package then you can use:

pip install my_package --upgrade

Removing files in setup.py data_files using pip

You can't. python setup.py install causes your package to be installed using setuptools, not pip, and as a result pip doesn't know enough about the package to be able to uninstall it fully. Not even setuptools can uninstall your package, as there is no python setup.py uninstall command! If you want pip to be able to uninstall your package correctly, you need to install with pip (pip install .), but that comes with the drawback that data_files files will be placed next to the installed package rather than at system root (e.g., myapp.desktop will end up someplace like ~/.local/lib/python2.7/site-packages/usr/share/applications/myapp.desktop).

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