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can't uninstall package with pip


I have installed pillow package, and uninstall attempt with sudo pip uninstall pillow leads to this message:

Not uninstalling Pillow at /usr/lib/python2.7/dist-packages, owned by OS

Manual uninstall doesn't work, because pip writes down installed packages somewhere, successfuly blocking me from installing the package again.


Solution

  • This python library is important to keep Linux Mint Cinnamon running. It could be removed with sudo apt-get remove python-pil (not pip), but it would most likely break the operating system.