uninstall python linux code example

Example 1: ubuntu remove python 2.7

# Remove python2
sudo apt purge -y python2.7-minimal

# You already have Python3 but 
# don't care about the version 
sudo ln -s /usr/bin/python3 /usr/bin/python

# Same for pip
sudo apt install -y python3-pip
sudo ln -s /usr/bin/pip3 /usr/bin/pip

# Confirm the new version of Python: 3
python --version

Example 2: linux uninstall python

sudo apt autoremove python3

Example 3: pip remove

# python2
pip uninstall package_name
# python3
pip3 uninstall package_name

Example 4: pip remove package

pip uninstall <package_name>

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