pipenv uninstall --dev xxx uninstall all packages by mistake

Created on 7 Feb 2017 · 7Comments · Source: pypa/pipenv

pipenv 3.3.6, python 3.6

(validr) [guyskk@localhost validr]$ pipenv uninstall -d numpy
Un-installing [dev-packages]...
Un-installing beeprint...

Un-installing schema...

Un-installing jsonschema...

Un-installing schematics...

Un-installing voluptuous...

Un-installing pytest...

Un-installing pytest-cov...

Un-installing flake8...

Un-installing numpy...
Uninstalling numpy-1.12.0:
  Successfully uninstalled numpy-1.12.0

(validr) [guyskk@localhost validr]$ cat Pipfile
[[source]]
url = "https://pypi.python.org/simple"
verify_ssl = true

[dev-packages]
beeprint = "*"
schema = "*"
jsonschema = "*"
schematics = "*"
voluptuous = "*"
pytest = "*"
pytest-cov = "*"
flake8 = "*"
numpy = "*"
(validr) [guyskk@localhost validr]$ pip list
DEPRECATION: The default format will switch to columns in the future. You can use --format=(legacy|columns) (or define a format=(legacy|columns) in your pip.conf under the [list] section) to disable this warning.
appdirs (1.4.0)
packaging (16.8)
pip (9.0.1)
pyparsing (2.1.10)
setuptools (34.1.1)
six (1.10.0)
wheel (0.29.0)

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pipenv uninstall doesn't worsk at all, it doesn't remove any package from virtual site-package directory. Need to force by use pip uninstall instead. pipenv is bugged.

jerome-diver on 30 Oct 2019

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This looks like a legacy bit of documentation that we forgot to cleanup. pipenv uninstall --dev removes ALL packages in dev-packages and doesn't actually process any further args. This is matching the behaviour of --all which will remove everything. It's intended to allow you to easily clean up dev dependencies if you no longer want them.

You can simply use pipenv uninstall numpy and it will remove it from the [dev-packages] section for you if it's listed there.

Apologies for the confusion, I'll get the argument help string updated.

nateprewitt on 8 Feb 2017

This is not working. And the behavior is strange and unexpected ...

$ pipenv install --dev green
Installing green...
...
Adding green to Pipfile's [dev-packages]...

$ cat Pipfile|rg green
green = "*"

$ pipenv uninstall green
Successfully uninstalled green-2.7.3
...
Removing green from Pipfile's [packages]...

$ cat Pipfile|rg green
green = "*"

$ pipenv uninstall --dev green
Un-installing [dev-packages] ...

mhubig on 24 Apr 2017

Thanks for pointing this out @mhubig! This was definitely an oversight and I'm surprised it's gone this long unnoticed. I've opened #325 to start the discussion on the best solution here. That should lead to a resolution for this in the next release.

nateprewitt on 24 Apr 2017

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pipenv uninstall doesn't worsk at all, it doesn't remove any package from virtual site-package directory. Need to force by use pip uninstall instead. pipenv is bugged.

jerome-diver on 30 Oct 2019

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@jerome-diver you are not kind to say such a word without providing any information about what you encountered. Most users can use uninstall correctly.

frostming on 30 Oct 2019

ho yes, sorry, i will be back, no time now.
But @frostming, please can you tell me which kind of informations you would like for i can show a fact about pipenv doesn't uninstall anything on my computer (OS Archlinux) ?
Do you want a kind of animate image of the fact or may i add a log file (where i find this one if there is one ?) ?

jerome-diver on 30 Oct 2019

I'm experiencing same behavior as described in https://github.com/pypa/pipenv/issues/3529
my package is gunicorn