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April 21, 2011 03:06
how to cleanly uninstall python packages installed with python setup.py
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# Next time you need to install something with python setup.py -- which should be never but things happen. | |
python setup.py install --record files.txt | |
# This will cause all the installed files to be printed to that directory. | |
# Then when you want to uninstall it simply run; be careful with the 'sudo' | |
cat files.txt | xargs sudo rm -rf | |
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