How do you uninstall the package manager pip if installed from source

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I was unaware that pip could be installed via my operating system s package manager  so I compiled and installed pip via source with the following command   wget https   bitbucket org pypa setuptools raw bootstrap ez setup py -O -   sudo python   I would like to uninstall pip  and instead install it from my operating system s package manager  How would I go about completely undoing the work of the installation script

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If you installed pip like this    - sudo apt install python-pip  - sudo apt install python3-pip   Uninstall them like this    - sudo apt remove python-pip  - sudo apt remove python3-pip

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pip uninstall pip will work  nbsp

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I was using above command but it was not working  This command worked for me   python -m pip uninstall pip setuptools

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That way you haven t installed pip  you installed just the easy install i e  setuptools   First you should remove all the packages you installed with easy install using  see uninstall    easy install -m PackageName   This includes pip if you installed it using easy install pip   After this you remove the setuptools following the instructions from here      If setuptools package is found in your global site-packages directory    you may safely remove the following file directory    setuptools-  egg      If setuptools is installed in some other location such as the user site directory    eg     local    Library Python or  APPDATA    then you may safely remove the   following files    pkg resources py easy install py setuptools  setuptools-  egg-info

[python] How do you uninstall the package manager "pip", if installed from source?

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