pip install package with --user and without --user, now I want to uninstall package installed without --user

Question

First, I run

pip install virtualenv

and later, I run

pip install --user virtualenv

So, this is what I have now

$ which -a virtualenv
/Users/admin/.local/bin/virtualenv
/usr/local/bin/virtualenv

This is my default virtualenv

/Users/admin/.local/bin/virtualenv

Now I want to uninstall, this,

/usr/local/bin/virtualenv

What should I do?

Thanks!

score 0 · Accepted Answer · answered Jun 12 '19 at 04:25

I tried

pip uninstall virtualenv

It removed /usr/local/bin/virtualenv, the system wide package.

The package I installed using --user flag, which cannot be uninstalled.

I just manually removed the folder.

See this thread.

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