I am going through the Learn Python the Hard Way, 2nd Edition book, and I am stuck on this problem: "Use your setup.py to install your own module and make sure it works, then use pip to uninstall it."
If I type
setup.py install
in the command line, I can install the module.
But when I type
pip uninstall setup.py
it says:
Cannot uninstall requirement setup.py, not installed
The pip package index says, http://pypi.python.org/pypi/pip, says:
pip is able to uninstall most installed packages with pip uninstall package-name.
Known exceptions include pure-distutils packages installed with python setup.py install >(such packages leave behind no metadata allowing determination of what files were >installed)
Is there another way to install my module that pip will recognize?
By the way, I'm using a windows computer. Just wanted to mention that in case there are different solutions for Windows, Linux, and Mac.