On Sun, Jul 5, 2015 at 7:04 PM, <c.bu...@posteo.jp> wrote: > This question is not technical. > I know that there is no 'uninstall' Option in a setup.py. > I know this discussions and workarounds for that problem, too. > <http://stackoverflow.com/questions/1550226/python-setup-py-uninstall> > > I want to understand the design concept behind it. > > Why isn't there no uninstall routine implemented? > > For me as a user and admin it feels quite dirty when installing > something with the setup.py but then not being able to remove it clean > like I would do it with packages of my system-package-manager (e.g. with > apt-get on a debianized system).
If you want a package manager, don't use setup.py itself - use pip, which does have an uninstallation feature. Alternatively, use a virtual environment, which means installations happen there rather than into the system directory - you can clean it up just by wiping out one tree. ChrisA -- https://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list
