[docs] How do I uninstall a source installation?

[lofidevops]

User story: I have installed RabbitVCS from source (python setup.py install --install-layout=deb) but now I want to install my distro package. How do I uninstall the source version?

Reinstall your source version as follows:

sudo python setup.py install --install-layout=deb --record=rabbitvcs_installation.txt
# this re-performs the installation, this time recording all created files

Now remove the installed files as follows:

sudo rm $(cat rabbitvcs_installation.txt)

Now manually remove any plugin files, for example:

sudo rm /usr/share/nautilus-python/extensions/RabbitVCS.py

You can now install your packaged version (apt install rabbitvcs-nautilus or equivalent)

Reference: https://stackoverflow.com/q/1550226/236081