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obaino

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[SOLVED] how to uninstall gcalcli installed by python setup.py install

I installed gcalcli using

git clone https://github.com/insanum/gcalcli.git
cd gcalcli
python setup.py install

Now I want to uninstall it and install it using yay.
What is the proper way to uninstall it?

Thank you

Last edited by obaino (2020-03-22 16:04:15)

Mr.Elendig

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Re: [SOLVED] how to uninstall gcalcli installed by python setup.py install

There isn't one, this is why you should use venvs. You could try python setup.py install --record files.txt  and then delete the files it lists.

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obaino

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Re: [SOLVED] how to uninstall gcalcli installed by python setup.py install

Thanks for your answer.
I'll do as suggested.

you should use venvs

What do you mean by venvs?

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Re: [SOLVED] how to uninstall gcalcli installed by python setup.py install

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Re: [SOLVED] how to uninstall gcalcli installed by python setup.py install

Or better yet, use the existing package.  (edit: better than using venvs, use packages when they are available.  This will not help undo what you have already done.)

Last edited by Trilby (2020-03-22 13:46:37)

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Re: [SOLVED] how to uninstall gcalcli installed by python setup.py install

There isn't one, this is why you should use venvs. You could try python setup.py install --record files.txt  and then delete the files it lists.

Surely this problem is already solved by the one which python setup.py install creates *by default* and installs into the python site-packages directory with the egg-info metadata???

obaino,

Use pip uninstall gcalcli which *should* uninstall everything that was created.

Or better yet, use the existing package.  (edit: better than using venvs, use packages when they are available.  This will not help undo what you have already done.)

(Note that the OP's initial premise is *already* "I realized this was wrong of me, so now I want to install it using an AUR helper" (yay is an AUR helper). Preaching to the choir here. )

Last edited by eschwartz (2020-03-22 14:17:13)

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obaino

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Re: [SOLVED] how to uninstall gcalcli installed by python setup.py install

Thank you all for your really helpfull responses!