How can I uninstall setuptools?

Question

I can't uninstall setuptools. How come?

$ sudo pip uninstall setuptools
Can't uninstall 'setuptools'. No files were found to uninstall.


$ sudo pip install setuptools
Requirement already satisfied (use --upgrade to upgrade): setuptools in /usr/local/lib/python2.7/dist-packages
Cleaning up...

How can I uninstall setuptools?

Answer 1

Considering that current Python versions are shipped with setuptools, pretty sure you shouldn't remove it.

And since pip uninstall setuptools doesn't work (thankfully), you could try just deleting the C:\\Python27\\Lib\\site-packages\\setuptools , or equivalent, folder. (On *nix systems: /usr/lib/python2.7/dist-packages .)

Disclaimer: this is a very bad idea, pip may not work at all afterwards.