Re: Uninstall for clean install

2012-06-24 Thread Gethin Llyn ab Alwyn
+1 virtualenv, and virtualenvwrapper On Jun 25, 2012 2:06 AM, "Lachlan Musicman" wrote: > Thomas, If you've ever wanted to know why vitualenv is a good idea - > here's a great reason. Since it compartmentalises everything - > packages the whole deal, you can just create a new virtualenv and > sta

Re: Uninstall for clean install

2012-06-24 Thread Lachlan Musicman
Thomas, If you've ever wanted to know why vitualenv is a good idea - here's a great reason. Since it compartmentalises everything - packages the whole deal, you can just create a new virtualenv and start developing. http://www.arthurkoziel.com/2008/10/22/working-virtualenv/ Cheers L. On Sun, J

Re: Uninstall for clean install

2012-06-24 Thread Gethin Llyn ab Alwyn
To answer my own question, if you did it through the package manager try sudo apt-get purge python-django on the command line if from tar.gz package, on the command line change directory to /usr/local/lib/python(your version)/dist-packages/ and delete django files there using sudo rm django -rf

Re: Uninstall for clean install

2012-06-24 Thread Gethin Llyn ab Alwyn
How did you install it? Did you do it through apt-get or did you install it through a downloaded tar.gz package from the Django website? On Jun 25, 2012 12:31 AM, "thomasgrzybow...@gmail.com" < thomasgrzybow...@gmail.com> wrote: > I need to uninstall django (on ubuntu) so as to do a clean install