This script uninstalls all pip installed packages in the global scope. Must be run as root.

remove-pip-packages.sh

# This script uninstalls all pip installed packages in the global scope. Must be run as root.

for PYTHON in $( ls -1 /usr/local/lib/ ); do

    if [ "$( echo ${PYTHON} | cut -c -6 )" == "python" ]; then
        PYTHONVER="$( echo ${PYTHON} | cut -c 7,8,9 )"
        PYTHONVERSHT="$( echo ${PYTHONVER} | cut -c 1 )"

        if [ -x "/usr/local/bin/pip${PYTHONVER}" ] || [ -x "/usr/bin/pip${PYTHONVER}" ]; then
        	PIPBIN="pip${PYTHONVER}"
        elif [ -x "/usr/local/bin/pip${PYTHONVERSHT}" ] || [ -x "/usr/bin/pip${PYTHONVERSHT}" ]; then
        	PIPBIN="pip${PYTHONVERSHT}"
        else
        	echo "There's no pip binary available for python ${PYTHONVER}"
        	continue
        fi

        for PYTHONPKG in $( ls -1 /usr/local/lib/${PYTHON}/dist-packages/ | grep '[egg|dist]-info' ); do
            PYTHONPKGNAME="$( echo ${PYTHONPKG} | awk -F- '{print $1}' )"
            if [ "${PYTHONPKGNAME}" != "pip" ] && [ "${PYTHONPKGNAME}" != "setuptools" ] && [ "${PYTHONPKGNAME}" != "wheel" ]; then
	            ${PIPBIN} uninstall -y ${PYTHONPKGNAME}
	        else
	        	continue
	        fi
            PYTHONLIST="${PYTHONPKGNAME} (python${PYTHONVER}) ${PYTHONLIST}"
        done

    fi

done

echo "Uninstalled packages: ${PYTHONLIST}"