How do you uninstall a python package that was installed using distutils?

Question

Can you simply delete the directory from your python installation, or are there any lingering files that you must delete?

Answer 1

If this is for testing and/or development purposes, setuptools has a develop command that updates every time you make a change (so you don't have to uninstall and reinstall every time you make a change). And you can uninstall the package using this command as well.

If you do use this, anything that you declare as a script will be left behind as a lingering file.