How can I uninstall python3.5.0 installed from source code?

Question

I installed python 3.5.0 from the source code available at python.org. How can I remove that installed package?

Possible duplicate of [If I build a package from source how can I uninstall or remove completely?](http://askubuntu.com/questions/87111/if-i-build-a-package-from-source-how-can-i-uninstall-or-remove-completely) — muru, Nov 23 '15 at 08:15

score 10 · Accepted Answer · edited May 23 '17 at 12:39

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From this source

You can do :

make clean removes any intermediate or output files from your source / build tree
If you can, running make uninstall will work.
The last option is you have to manually uninstall it. Running make -n install

Note : You must cd the file location where you make install

edited May 23 '17 at 12:39

Community

answered Nov 23 '15 at 05:52

BeGood

`make clean && make distclean` are also solution for uninstalling from source =) – Nikolay Nikolov Nov 23 '15 at 07:28
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@NikolayNikolov yes because this is the way he do it – BeGood Nov 23 '15 at 13:39
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Yes, you are right @BeGood :) – Nikolay Nikolov Nov 23 '15 at 13:42
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I ran the above commands and I think they worked. Thanks for the help. – Abhinav Pratap Singh Nov 24 '15 at 07:31
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Did not work for python 3.8 and Ubuntu 18.04 – run_the_race Mar 21 '20 at 16:34

score -2 · Answer 2 · answered Nov 23 '15 at 10:00

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I think this will work. Try this.

pip uninstall python==3.5.0

However, if python comes with dependencies, do not uninstall them.

answered Nov 23 '15 at 10:00

Sapanjeet

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This won't work. `pip` is responsible for Python packages, not for Python itself. – warvariuc Jun 26 '17 at 06:36

score -6 · Answer 3 · answered May 15 '16 at 13:52

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locate python3.5 | xargs sudo rm -rf $1

answered May 15 '16 at 13:52

crucl0

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-1 No, don't do this; it's **dangerous** because it deletes other files of that name that don't belong to the Python installation. There's not even a guarantee that it will delete all files that *do* belong to it. – David Foerster May 20 '16 at 10:22

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