How to cleanly remove pip that is installed by using easy_install?
If I used sudo easy_install pip on my OS X Lion 10.7.4, how do I cleanly remove it?
After the installation, I also did
pip install --upgrade setuptools
Here is the output:
mac:~ usr$ sudo easy_install pip
Password:
Searching for pip
Reading http://pypi.python.org/simple/pip/
Best match: pip 1.5.4
Downloading https://pypi.python.org/packages/source/p/pip/pip-1.5.4.tar.gz#md5=834b2904f92d46aaa333267fb1c922bb
Processing pip-1.5.4.tar.gz
Running pip-1.5.4/setup.py -q bdist_egg --dist-dir /tmp/easy_install-b_hfrF/pip-1.5.4/egg-dist-tmp-o0r8F5
warning: no files found matching 'pip/cacert.pem'
warning: no files found matching '*.html' under directory 'docs'
warning: no previously-included files matching '*.rst' found under directory 'docs/_build'
no previously-included directories found matching 'docs/_build/_sources'
Adding pip 1.5.4 to easy-install.pth file
Installing pip script to /usr/local/bin
Installing pip2.7 script to /usr/local/bin
Installing pip2 script to /usr/local/bin
Installed /Library/Python/2.7/site-packages/pip-1.5.4-py2.7.egg
Processing dependencies for pip
Finished processing dependencies for pip
The pip (installed by easy_install) is causing symlink problems when I do brew install python, which will install its own pip to /usr/local/bin as:
lrwxr-xr-x 1 usr admin 30 3 3 23:26 pip -> ../Cellar/python/2.7.6/bin/pip
lrwxr-xr-x 1 usr admin 31 3 3 23:26 pip2 -> ../Cellar/python/2.7.6/bin/pip2
lrwxr-xr-x 1 usr admin 33 3 3 23:26 pip2.7 -> ../Cellar/python/2.7.6/bin/pip2.7
I know I can just use brew link --overwrite python but I don't like the pip installed by easy_install to be in my system if I don't use it. I prefer to keep my system clean.
Can someone also explain to me what those warnings are for? I know they do no harm but I am curious if I am missing any dependency?
Thanks.
Answer
Use pip to uninstall pip:
sudo pip uninstall pip