How to correctly uninstall numpy on MacOSX?

Question

I\'m on a Mac, and I installed numpy and sklearn in that order. Now, I\'m faced with these errors that have already been mentioned on SO several t

Answer 1

What works for my Mac OS 10.13.6 (High Sierra):

1. Just keep uninstalling numpy: $sudo -H pip uninstall numpy DEPRECATION: Python 2.7 will reach the end of its life on January 1st, 2020. Please upgrade your Python as Python 2.7 won't be maintained after that date. A future version of pip will drop support for Python 2.7. Uninstalling numpy-1.16.2: Would remove: /Library/Python/2.7/site-packages/numpy-1.16.2.dist-info/* /Library/Python/2.7/site-packages/numpy/* ... Proceed (y/n)? y Successfully uninstalled numpy-1.16.2 $sudo -H pip uninstall numpy DEPRECATION: Python 2.7 will reach the end of its life on January 1st, 2020. Please upgrade your Python as Python 2.7 won't be maintained after that date. A future version of pip will drop support for Python 2.7. Uninstalling numpy-1.14.2: Would remove: /Library/Python/2.7/site-packages/numpy-1.14.2.dist-info/* ... Proceed (y/n)? y Successfully uninstalled numpy-1.14.2

2. (re-) Install numpy with option: $ sudo -H pip install --ignore-installed numpy
DEPRECATION: Python 2.7 will reach the end of its life on January 1st, 2020. Please upgrade your Python as Python 2.7 won't be maintained after that date. A future version of pip will drop support for Python 2.7. Collecting numpy Downloading https://files.pythonhosted.org/packages/bc/90/3e71b5392bd81d8559917ee38857bb2e4b92c88e87211a68e339127b86f5/numpy-1.16.2-cp27-cp27m-macosx_10_6_intel.macosx_10_9_intel.macosx_10_9_x86_64.macosx_10_10_intel.macosx_10_10_x86_64.whl (13.9MB) 100% |████████████████████████████████| 13.9MB 921kB/s Installing collected packages: numpy Successfully installed numpy-1.16.2