When I try to uninstall pillow using pip ,it outputs:
qixin@qixin:~$ pip uninstall pillow
Uninstalling Pillow:
/usr/local/bin/pilconvert.py
......
/usr/local/lib/python2.7/dist-packages/Pillow-2.7.0.egg-info
Proceed (y/n)? y
Exception:
Traceback (most recent call last):
File "/usr/local/lib/python2.7/dist-packages/pip-1.5.4-py2.7.egg/pip/basecommand.py", line 122, in main
status = self.run(options, args)
File "/usr/local/lib/python2.7/dist-packages/pip-1.5.4-py2.7.egg/pip/commands/uninstall.py", line 59, in run
requirement_set.uninstall(auto_confirm=options.yes)
File "/usr/local/lib/python2.7/dist-packages/pip-1.5.4-py2.7.egg/pip/req.py", line 1035, in uninstall
req.uninstall(auto_confirm=auto_confirm)
File "/usr/local/lib/python2.7/dist-packages/pip-1.5.4-py2.7.egg/pip/req.py", line 598, in uninstall
paths_to_remove.remove(auto_confirm)
File "/usr/local/lib/python2.7/dist-packages/pip-1.5.4-py2.7.egg/pip/req.py", line 1836, in remove
renames(path, new_path)
File "/usr/local/lib/python2.7/dist-packages/pip-1.5.4-py2.7.egg/pip/util.py", line 295, in renames
shutil.move(old, new)
File "/usr/lib/python2.7/shutil.py", line 303, in move
os.unlink(src)
OSError: [Errno 13] Permission denied: '/usr/local/bin/pilconvert.py'
Storing debug log for failure in /tmp/tmpEmRbAF
My OS is ubuntu 14.04,python's version is 2.7. Why did it fail? Thanks much!
This is because the command you ran didn't have the correct operating system level permissions. On windows, that command would have worked fine, but on Ubuntu pip needs sudo added before it so that it is root and can get the correct permissions.
You should enter sudo pip uninstall pillow.