How to uninstall Python site-package which was installed using "python setup.py develop"?

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pip freeze result show:

-e git+git@github.com:Tallmad/zeus@6155c80f5b87cba0aeb8c1bfb6fc6b6dd86b0fa8#egg=zeus-dev

It fails:

pip uninstall git+git@github.com:Tallmad/zeus@6155c80f5b87cba0aeb8c1bfb6fc6b6dd86b0fa8#egg

Delete your virtualenv and start over: `deactivate; rmvirtualenv ; mkvirtualenv ` If you are not using virtualenvwrapper, consider adding this to your stack now: http://www.doughellmann.com/projects/virtualenvwrapper/ — hughdbrown, Oct 12 '12 at 15:08
There are many other packages in my virtualenv. And I just want to uninstall my project while remain others — Tallmad, Oct 12 '12 at 16:07
Try running the install again with --record to get a list of all the files it touches — nathancahill, Oct 12 '12 at 17:49
Start here: https://www.google.com/search?q=virtualenv+uninstall+git+package End up here: http://stackoverflow.com/questions/8926566/how-to-uninstall-a-git-repo-using-pip — hughdbrown, Oct 12 '12 at 19:01

score 2 · Accepted Answer · answered Oct 13 '12 at 07:40

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I've solved it. Two steps:

Step 1: I install my project 'zeus'

python setup.py install

Setp 2: uninstall it:

pip uninstall zeus

Done

answered Oct 13 '12 at 07:40

Tallmad

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I think you could've skipped Step 1. – Markus Unterwaditzer Oct 13 '12 at 07:46
I've tried skipping Step 1, but it didn't work. So Step 1 cannot be skipped – Tallmad Oct 14 '12 at 05:17

score 0 · Answer 2 · answered Jan 08 '22 at 21:19

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install again with --record to store installing files.

python setup.py install --record install.log
manually remove those files from the record file

xargs rm -rf < install.log

answered Jan 08 '22 at 21:19

Chenster Liu

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