How to uninstall pyenv ubuntu

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To uninstall pyenv on Ubuntu, you can follow the steps below:

  1. Open a terminal
  2. Check if pyenv is installed by running the command pyenv. If it is installed, you will see the pyenv help message. If not installed, you will get a “command not found” error.
  3. If pyenv is installed, you can uninstall it by removing its files. Run the following commands: 
    rm -rf ~/.pyenv
  4. Remove pyenv related lines from your shell configuration file, such as ~/.bashrc, ~/.bash_profile, or ~/.zshrc. You can open the file with a text editor and delete the lines that reference pyenv.
  5. Restart your terminal or run source ~/.bashrc (or the corresponding file you edited) to apply the changes.

That’s it! Pyenv should now be uninstalled from your Ubuntu system. After the uninstallation, you won’t be able to use pyenv to manage your Python installations anymore.

If you want to confirm whether pyenv has been successfully uninstalled, you can run the command pyenv again. It should give you a “command not found” error this time.

Please note that uninstalling pyenv will not remove any Python versions or packages it has installed. You will need to manually remove those if desired.

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