I'm trying to pip install geopandas as a fresh installation, so I want to remove existing packages like GDAL and fiona. I've already managed to pip uninstall fiona, but when I try to uninstall or reinstall GDAL it gives the following error message:
(base) C:\usr>pip install C:/usr/Anaconda3/Lib/site-packages/GDAL-3.4.1-cp38-cp38-win_amd64.whl
Processing c:\usr\anaconda3\lib\site-packages\gdal-3.4.1-cp38-cp38-win_amd64.whl
Installing collected packages: GDAL
Attempting uninstall: GDAL
Found existing installation: GDAL 3.0.2
ERROR: Exception:
Traceback (most recent call last):
File "C:\usr\Anaconda3\lib\site-packages\pip\_internal\cli\base_command.py", line 167, in exc_logging_wrapper
status = run_func(*args)
File "C:\usr\Anaconda3\lib\site-packages\pip\_internal\cli\req_command.py", line 205, in wrapper
return func(self, options, args)
File "C:\usr\Anaconda3\lib\site-packages\pip\_internal\commands\install.py", line 405, in run
installed = install_given_reqs(
File "C:\usr\Anaconda3\lib\site-packages\pip\_internal\req\__init__.py", line 68, in install_given_reqs
uninstalled_pathset = requirement.uninstall(auto_confirm=True)
File "C:\usr\Anaconda3\lib\site-packages\pip\_internal\req\req_install.py", line 637, in uninstall
uninstalled_pathset = UninstallPathSet.from_dist(dist)
File "C:\usr\Anaconda3\lib\site-packages\pip\_internal\req\req_uninstall.py", line 554, in from_dist
for script in dist.iterdir("scripts"):
File "C:\usr\Anaconda3\lib\site-packages\pip\_internal\metadata\pkg_resources.py", line 156, in iterdir
if not self._dist.isdir(name):
File "C:\usr\Anaconda3\lib\site-packages\pip\_vendor\pkg_resources\__init__.py", line 2816, in __getattr__
return getattr(self._provider, attr)
AttributeError: 'PathMetadata' object has no attribute 'isdir'
Does anyone know why GDAL cannot be uninstalled?
I just came across this question after getting the same error. Coincidentally I had just upgraded pip (I was getting tired of the yellow warnings).
All I had was to down grade my pip
pip install pip==21.3.1 --user