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I'm a Mac newbie. I manually downloaded and installed Python 2.7.9 from the .pkg from python.org. I've come to realize that I should be installing software using package management like Macports or Homebrew as much as possible. My question is: how can I uninstall the Python version that I just installed? I'm hesitant to just delete anything out of my Applications folder for fear of breaking vendor Python.

I found this post How to uninstall Python 2.7 on a Mac OS X 10.6.4? but I'm not sure if I can just follow these same instructions for my purposes. Ideally I'd like to uninstall Python 2.7.9 and then reinstall using Macports or Homebrew. Thanks for any advice you can give!

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  • it would not solve your issue but my experience using python on osx tells me that the best approach is using virtual environments (command virtualenv) to have a complete control on library versioning – aberna Jan 26 '15 at 21:47
  • It is a good question but probably off-topic here, try [SuperUser](http://superuser.com/). Although Python is primarily used for programming, this question could apply to any manually compiled software. – Paulo Scardine Jan 26 '15 at 22:07
  • if it is **not** your system python there is no problem removing it, is it in `/usr/local/bin`? – Padraic Cunningham Jan 26 '15 at 22:15

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