As of May 2022, most of the other answers to this question are several years out-of-date. When you come across advice on Python packaging issues, remember to look at the date of publication, and don’t trust out-of-date information. The Python Packaging User Guide is worth a read. Every page has a “last updated” date displayed, … Read more
edit: Manual installation and use of setuptools is not the standard process anymore. If you’re running Python 2.7.9+ or Python 3.4+ Congrats, you should already have pip installed. If you do not, read onward. If you’re running a Unix-like System You can usually install the package for pip through your package manager if your version … Read more
pip, an alternative to setuptools/easy_install, provides an “uninstall” command. Install pip according to the installation instructions: $ wget https://bootstrap.pypa.io/get-pip.py $ python get-pip.py Then you can use pip uninstall to remove packages installed with easy_install
From Ian Bicking’s own introduction to pip: pip was originally written to improve on easy_install in the following ways All packages are downloaded before installation. Partially-completed installation doesn’t occur as a result. Care is taken to present useful output on the console. The reasons for actions are kept track of. For instance, if a package … Read more