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 PythonPackageUninstall

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Uninstall a Python package

Contributed by: Wolfram Staff

ResourceFunction["PythonPackageUninstall"]["pkg"]

uninstalls the Python package "pkg".

ResourceFunction["PythonPackageUninstall"][{"pkg1","pkg2",…}]

uninstalls the specified packages.

ResourceFunction["PythonPackageUninstall"][python,"pkg"]

uninstalls for the given Python installation.

Details

ResourceFunction["PythonPackageUninstall"]["pkg"] attempts to uninstall the specified package, returning Success or Failure.
In ResourceFunction["PythonPackageUninstall"]["pkg"], pkg can be a package name or the object Success["PythonPackageInstalled",…] returned by PythonPackageInstall.
ResourceFunction["PythonPackageUninstall"][Success["PythonPackageInstalled",…]] uninstalls the package with its dependencies.
ResourceFunction["PythonPackageUninstall"][Success["PythonPackageAlreadyInstalled",…]] uninstalls only the package referenced in the Success object returned by PythonPackageInstall.
ResourceFunction["PythonPackageUninstall"][name] is effectively equivalent to executing the command line pip uninstall name.

Examples

Basic Examples

Use the resource function PythonPackageInstall to install a Python package without dependencies:

In[1]:=
ResourceFunction["PythonPackageInstall"]["tornado"]
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Uninstall it:

In[2]:=
ResourceFunction["PythonPackageUninstall"]["tornado"]
Out[2]=

Install and uninstall several packages:

In[3]:=
ResourceFunction["PythonPackageInstall"][{"tornado", "camelcase"}]
Out[3]=
In[4]:=
ResourceFunction["PythonPackageUninstall"][%]
Out[4]=

Install and uninstall a Python package with dependencies:

In[5]:=
ResourceFunction["PythonPackageInstall"]["tst"]
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In[6]:=
ResourceFunction["PythonPackageUninstall"][%]
Out[6]=

Version History

  • 1.0.1 – 07 November 2022
  • 1.0.0 – 14 August 2019

Source Metadata

  • Citation:
    https://github.com/arnoudbuzing/wolfram-python-package-manager

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