Re: Egg deinstallation
mk wrote: Hello everyone, I googled and googled and can't seem to find the definitive answer: how to *properly* deinstall egg? Just delete the folder and/or .py and .pyc files from Lib/site-packages? Would that break anything in Python installation or not? It depends on how you installed it. If it is done via setuptools/easy_install, you should also clean up the site-packages/easy-install.pth file. Diez -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list
Re: Egg deinstallation
Diez B. Roggisch wrote: Thanks, Diez. -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list
Re: Egg deinstallation
In article 6t139nf8ip4...@mid.uni-berlin.de, Diez B. Roggisch de...@nospam.web.de wrote: mk wrote: I googled and googled and can't seem to find the definitive answer: how to *properly* deinstall egg? Just delete the folder and/or .py and .pyc files from Lib/site-packages? Would that break anything in Python installation or not? It depends on how you installed it. If it is done via setuptools/easy_install, you should also clean up the site-packages/easy-install.pth file. ... and which you can do by editing that file directly or by using the easy_install -m option to mark the egg as multi-version before deleting. In either case, keep in mind that the egg may have installed one or more scripts; those have to be removed manually. http://peak.telecommunity.com/DevCenter/EasyInstall#uninstalling-package s -- Ned Deily, n...@acm.org -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list
Re: Egg deinstallation
On Jan 12, 9:36 am, mk mrk...@gmail.com wrote: Hello everyone, I googled and googled and can't seem to find the definitive answer: how to *properly* deinstall egg? Just delete the folder and/or .py and .pyc files from Lib/site-packages? Would that break anything in Python installation or not? As an aside, note that there's no automated way to uninstall (for exmaple, like doing aptitude purge or make uninstall). It's a known problem with setuptools/eggs/easy_install/whatever. Dunno if pip [1] yet solves this problem or not. http://pip.openplans.org/ -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list
Re: Egg deinstallation
On Jan 12, 9:36 am, mk mrk...@gmail.com wrote: Hello everyone, I googled and googled and can't seem to find the definitive answer: how to *properly* deinstall egg? Just delete the folder and/or .py and .pyc files from Lib/site-packages? Would that break anything in Python installation or not? Regards, mk You might find a tool like VirtualEnv (http://pypi.python.org/pypi/ virtualenv/1.3.2) useful. It allows you to create a localized sandbox such that you don't stomp all over your system installation or require elevated privileges. It's good for development or toying with different eggs. When you're done, simply blow away the environment. I've used it for just about everything over the past few months, it's a wonderful tool. Jeff -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list
