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Uninstall packages.

pip is able to uninstall most installed packages. Known exceptions are:

  • Pure distutils packages installed with python setup.py install, which leave behind no metadata to determine what files were installed.

  • Script wrappers installed by python setup.py develop.

-r, --requirement <file>

Uninstall all the packages listed in the given requirements file. This option can be used multiple times.

(environment variable: PIP_REQUIREMENT)

-y, --yes

Don’t ask for confirmation of uninstall deletions.

(environment variable: PIP_YES)

--root-user-action <root_user_action>

Action if pip is run as a root user [warn, ignore] (default: warn)

(environment variable: PIP_ROOT_USER_ACTION)

--break-system-packages

Allow pip to modify an EXTERNALLY-MANAGED Python installation

(environment variable: PIP_BREAK_SYSTEM_PACKAGES)