using setup.py to uninstall
Can distutils (setup.py) uninstall packages as well? If not, is this a feature that's being worked on, or is there some reason why it may not be necessary? Thanks, ---J __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around http://mail.yahoo.com
On Jan 20, 2006, at 9:33 AM, John M. Gabriele wrote:
Can distutils (setup.py) uninstall packages as well?
If not, is this a feature that's being worked on, or is there some reason why it may not be necessary?
distutils can't and nobody is working on it. setuptools probably could, but doesn't offer that as a feature (except to delete conflicting non-egg packages when installing an egg). -bob
[John M. Gabriele]
Can distutils (setup.py) uninstall packages as well?
A Windows installer created by "setup.py bdist_wininst" creates the usual kind of uninstallation entry in the Windows Control Panel -> Add/Remove Programs applet. AFAIK that's unique to Windows, though.
If not, is this a feature that's being worked on, or is there some reason why it may not be necessary?
Unixheads are too macho to admit they need help uninstalling ;-)
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