On 5 July 2015 at 11:04, <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). > -- > https://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list
Don’t use setup.py, use pip. If you are working with a pypi package, just use pip install foo. If you have a local package, you can point pip to a tarball, or to an unpacked directory: $ pip install foo-0.1.0.tar.gz $ pip install /home/kwpolska/bar $ cd baz; pip install . pip has an uninstall option. (It should also work with packages installed with plain setup.py.) -- Chris Warrick <https://chriswarrick.com/> PGP: 5EAAEA16 -- https://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list
