How to uninstall Python 2 7 on a Mac OS X 10 6 4

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I want to completely remove Python 2 7 from my Mac OS X 10 6 4  I managed to remove the entry from the PATH variable by reverting my  bash profile  But I also want to remove all directories  files  symlinks  and entries that got installed by the Python 2 7 install package  I ve got the install package from http   www python org   What directories files configuration file entries do I need to remove  Is there a list somewhere

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Create the symlink to latest version    ln -s -f  usr local bin python3 8  usr local bin python   Close and open a new terminal   and try    python --version

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If you re thinking about manually removing Apple s default Python 2 7  I d suggest you hang-fire and do-noting   Looks like Apple will very shortly do it for you   Python 2 7 Deprecated in OSX 10 15 Catalina  Python 2 7- as well as Ruby  amp  Perl- are deprecated in Catalina   skip to section  Scripting Language Runtimes     Deprecations    https   developer apple com documentation macos release notes macos catalina 10 15 release notes  Apple To Remove Python 2 7 in OSX 10 16  Indeed  if you do nothing at all  according to The Mac Observer  by OSX version 10 16  Python 2 7 will disappear from your system   https   www macobserver com analysis macos-catalina-deprecates-unix-scripting-languages   Given this revelation  I d suggest the best course of action is do nothing and wait for Apple to wipe it for you   As Apple is imminently about to remove it for you  doesn t seem worth the risk of tinkering with your Python environment   NOTE  I see the question relates specifically to OSX v 10 6 4  but it appears this question has become a pivot-point for all OSX folks interested in removing Python 2 7 from their systems  whatever version they re running

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Do not attempt to remove any Apple-supplied system Python which are in  System Library and  usr bin  as this may break your whole operating system     NOTE  The steps listed below do not affect the Apple-supplied system Python 2 7  they only remove a third-party Python framework  like those installed by python org installers     The complete list is documented here   Basically  all you need to do is the following    Remove the third-party Python 2 7 framework  sudo rm -rf  Library Frameworks Python framework Versions 2 7  Remove the Python 2 7 applications directory  sudo rm -rf   Applications Python 2 7   Remove the symbolic links  in  usr local bin  that point to this Python version  See them using  ls -l  usr local bin   grep     Library Frameworks Python framework Versions 2 7     and then run the following command to remove all the links   cd  usr local bin  ls -l  usr local bin   grep     Library Frameworks Python framework Versions 2 7    awk   print  9     tr -d     xargs rm  If necessary  edit your shell profile file s  to remove adding  Library Frameworks Python framework Versions 2 7 to your PATH environment file   Depending on which shell you use  any of the following files may have been modified     bash login     bash profile     cshrc     profile     tcshrc  and or    zprofile

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This one works   cd  usr local bin  ls -l  usr local bin   grep     Library Frameworks Python framework Versions 2 7    awk   print  9     tr -d     xargs rm   Description  It list all the links  removes   character and then removes them

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Onur G  zel provides the solution in his blog post   quot Uninstall Python Package from OS X  You should type the following commands into the terminal   sudo rm -rf  Library Frameworks Python framework  cd  usr local bin  ls -l     grep     Library Frameworks Python framework    awk   print  9     xargs sudo rm  sudo rm -rf  quot  Applications Python x y quot  where command x y is the version of Python installed  According to your question  it should be 2 7    In Onur s words   WARNING  This commands will remove all Python versions installed with packages  Python provided from the system will not be affected   If you have more than 1 Python version installed from python org  then run the fourth command again  changing  quot x y quot  for each version of Python that is to be uninstalled

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Trying to uninstall Python with   brew uninstall python   will not remove the natively installed Python but rather the version installed with brew

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Note  If you installed Python using Homebrew  then you can follow the following steps  otherwise look for another solution     To uninstall Python 2 7 10 which you installed using Homebrew  then you can simply issue the following command   brew uninstall python   Similarly  if you want to uninstall Python 3  which you installed using Homebrew    brew uninstall --force python3

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No need to uninstall old python versions   Just install new version say python-3 3 2-macosx10 6 dmg and change the soft link of python to newly installed python3 3  Check the path of default python and python3 3 with following commands   which python  and  which python3 3   then delete existing soft link of python and point it to python3 3

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No need to uninstall it or going crazy with symbolic links  just use an alias  I faced the same problem when upgrading to python 3 7 1  Just install the new python version using brew install python then in your  bash profile create an alias pointing to the new python version  like this  alias python   usr local bin python3  then save and run source    bash profile  Done

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If you installed it using the PKG installer  you can do   pkgutil --pkgs   or better   pkgutil --pkgs   grep org python Python   which will output something like   org python Python PythonApplications-2 7 org python Python PythonDocumentation-2 7 org python Python PythonFramework-2 7 org python Python PythonProfileChanges-2 7 org python Python PythonUnixTools-2 7   you can now select which packages you will unlink  remove    This is the unlink documentation     --unlink package-id              Unlinks  removes  each file referenced by package-id  WARNING  This command makes no attempt to perform reference counting or dependency analy-              sis  It can easily remove files required by your system  It may include unexpected files due to package tainting  Use the --files command first              to double check    In my example you will type  pkgutil --unlink org python Python PythonApplications-2 7 pkgutil --unlink org python Python PythonDocumentation-2 7 pkgutil --unlink org python Python PythonFramework-2 7 pkgutil --unlink org python Python PythonProfileChanges-2 7 pkgutil --unlink org python Python PythonUnixTools-2 7   or in one single line   pkgutil --pkgs   grep org python Python   xargs -L1 pkgutil -f --unlink   Important  --unlink is not available anymore starting with Lion  as of Q1 2014 that would include Lion  Mountain Lion  and Mavericks   If anyone that comes to this instructions try to use it with lion  should try instead to adapt it with what this post is saying  https   wincent com wiki Uninstalling packages   pkg files  on Mac OS X

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In regards to deleting the symbolic links  I found this to be useful   find  usr local bin -lname           Library Frameworks Python framework Versions 2 7    -delete

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