Pip Purger

Are you still struggling with dangling pip dependencies? Struggle no more!

Pip Purger aims to uninstall your packages leaving no garbage behind.

Installation

Clone the project:

  $ git clone https://github.com/dbzix/pip-purger

Create a symlink to the executable in your private bin directory:

  $ ln -s $(realpath -s pip-purger/src/pip-purge.py) ~/.local/bin/pippurge

Test it:

$ pippurge 
usage: pippurge <package>
pippurge: error: the following arguments are required: package

Doesn't work?

You ran it, but it doesn't work:

$ pippurge
pippurge: command not found

Ensure that your shell puts your private bin directory into the PATH variable:

$ echo $PATH | tr ":" "\n"
# ...
# ...
/home/username/.local/bin
# ...
# ...

Cannot find? Fix it:

$ cat .bashrc
# ...
# ...
# ...
# modify PATH to include user's local binaries directory if it exists
if [ -d "$HOME/.local/bin" ] ; then
  PATH="$HOME/.local/bin:$PATH"
fi

Usage

$ pippurge flask
Gathering 'flask' dependencies...
Package 'flask' will be uninstalled with its dependencies: blinker, itsdangerous, jinja2, markupsafe, werkzeug.
Proceed (y/N)? y
Found existing installation: Flask 3.0.3
Uninstalling Flask-3.0.3:
  Successfully uninstalled Flask-3.0.3
Found existing installation: blinker 1.8.2
Uninstalling blinker-1.8.2:
  Successfully uninstalled blinker-1.8.2
Found existing installation: itsdangerous 2.2.0
Uninstalling itsdangerous-2.2.0:
  Successfully uninstalled itsdangerous-2.2.0
Found existing installation: Jinja2 3.1.4
Uninstalling Jinja2-3.1.4:
  Successfully uninstalled Jinja2-3.1.4
Found existing installation: MarkupSafe 2.1.5
Uninstalling MarkupSafe-2.1.5:
  Successfully uninstalled MarkupSafe-2.1.5
Found existing installation: Werkzeug 3.0.3
Uninstalling Werkzeug-3.0.3:
  Successfully uninstalled Werkzeug-3.0.3

Note: Remember to always use virtual environments!

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