Unable to uninstall python package with pip (Linux)

Question

When running pip uninstall requests I get:

Uninstalling requests-2.22.0:
  Would remove:
    /usr/lib/python3.7/site-packages/requests
    /usr/lib/python3.7/site-packages/requests-2.22.0-py3.7.egg-info
Proceed (y/n)? y

Then: PermissionError: [Errno 13] Permission denied: 'utils.py'

What to do?

I tried that, it throws this error ModuleNotFoundError: No module named 'pip._internal.main' — General Gravicius
– General Gravicius, Commented Dec 3, 2019 at 14:02

sks-15 · Accepted Answer · 2019-12-04 19:05:22Z

1

Make sure you have the latest version of pip:

pip install --upgrade pip

Now pip is updated to pip3(for python3.x). You can now use either pip or pip3.

Now use python3 -m to run required modules:

python3 -m pip3 uninstall requests

or you can use sudo:

sudo python3 -m pip3 uninstall requests           (not recommended)

edited Dec 4, 2019 at 19:05

answered Dec 4, 2019 at 13:19

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