Function _uninstall_helper

Lib/ensurepip/__init__.py:187–215

Helper to support a clean default uninstall process on Windows Note that calling this function may alter os.environ.

(*, verbosity=0)

def _uninstall_helper(*, verbosity=0):
    """Helper to support a clean default uninstall process on Windows

    Note that calling this function may alter os.environ.
    """
    # Nothing to do if pip was never installed, or has been removed
    try:
        import pip
    except ImportError:
        return

    # If the installed pip version doesn't match the available one,
    # leave it alone
    available_version = version()
    if pip.__version__ != available_version:
        print(f"ensurepip will only uninstall a matching version "
              f"({pip.__version__!r} installed, "
              f"{available_version!r} available)",
              file=sys.stderr)
        return

    _disable_pip_configuration_settings()

    # Construct the arguments to be passed to the pip command
    args = ["uninstall", "-y", "--disable-pip-version-check"]
    if verbosity:
        args += ["-" + "v" * verbosity]

    return _run_pip([*args, "pip"])


def _main(argv=None):