Virtualenv created with pyenv-virtualenv not fully uninstalled

[bcvanmeurs]

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Description

• Platform information (e.g. Ubuntu Linux 16.04): macOS 12.5.1
• OS architecture (e.g. amd64): x86_64
• pyenv version: 2.3.4
• Python version: 3.9.7
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    https://gist.github.com/bcvanmeurs/2ec119b39f034a12993d19017bc177cb#file-trace-log

Pyenv seems not to uninstall everything correctly:

❯ pyenv virtualenv 3.9.7 test
❯ pyenv versions
* system (set by /Users/bram/.pyenv/version)
  3.9.7
  3.10.5
  3.9.7/envs/test
  3.10.5/envs/global
* global (set by /Users/bram/.pyenv/version)
  test
❯ pyenv uninstall test
pyenv: remove /Users/bram/.pyenv/versions/test? [y|N] y
pyenv: test uninstalled
❯ pyenv versions
* system (set by /Users/bram/.pyenv/version)
  3.9.7
  3.10.5
  3.9.7/envs/test
  3.10.5/envs/global
* global (set by /Users/bram/.pyenv/version)

In this example the environment test is gone but 3.9.7/envs/test is still there.
But this doesn't work:

❯ pyenv uninstall 3.9.7/envs/test
pyenv: version `test' not installed

test env is gone here:

❯ ls ~/.pyenv/versions
3.10.5                 3.9.7                                global

test env remains here:

❯ ls ~/.pyenv/versions/3.9.7/envs
test

manually removing ~/.pyenv/versions/3.9.7/envs/test is a workaround

Could this be related to pyenv/pyenv#2432 in 2.3.4?

[mdmould]

I have the same issue and it persists in pyenv v2.3.5. Cloning the latest version and checking out v2.3.3 fixes it, so the problem is indeed with the change in 2.3.4.

[golkedj]

I just started encountering this issue today as well. Please fix, it is very annoying to have to remove the directory in .pyenv

[mdmould]

I just started encountering this issue today as well. Please fix, it is very annoying to have to remove the directory in .pyenv

For a temporary fix, follow https://github.com/pyenv/pyenv#upgrading to roll back to v2.3.3.

[golkedj]

I just started encountering this issue today as well. Please fix, it is very annoying to have to remove the directory in .pyenv

For a temporary fix, follow https://github.com/pyenv/pyenv#upgrading to roll back to v2.3.3.

I used the automatic installer for installation (https://github.com/pyenv/pyenv-installer). Can you please describe or link to specific instructions on how to update/roll back to a specific version?

[mdmould]

I just started encountering this issue today as well. Please fix, it is very annoying to have to remove the directory in .pyenv

For a temporary fix, follow https://github.com/pyenv/pyenv#upgrading to roll back to v2.3.3.

I used the automatic installer for installation (https://github.com/pyenv/pyenv-installer). Can you please describe or link to specific instructions on how to update/roll back to a specific version?

See here: https://github.com/pyenv/pyenv-installer#install. To make a fresh install, first uninstall pyenv with rm -rf $PYENV_ROOT (note that this will delete all of your pyenv Python versions and virtual environments). Then set the environment variable export PYENV_GIT_TAG=v2.3.3 and install pyenv with curl https://pyenv.run | bash followed by exec $SHELL.

[native-api]

Looks like this is fixed in #438

[golkedj]

Looks like this is fixed in #438

It definitely is fixed for me! Thanks

[bcvanmeurs]

Looks like this is fixed in #438

Great, thanks!

[JMMarchant]

Any plans on making a new release with this in (Homebrew for macOS still points to 1.1.5) or should we just use HEAD?

[JMMarchant]

Actually, even HEAD fails with:

Error: inreplace failed
/usr/local/Cellar/pyenv-virtualenv/HEAD-c4de255/bin/pyenv-virtualenv-prefix:
  expected replacement of "\"${BASH_SOURCE%/*}\"/../libexec" with "/usr/local/Cellar/pyenv-virtualenv/HEAD-c4de255/libexec"

[native-api]

Actually, even HEAD fails with:

Error: inreplace failed
/usr/local/Cellar/pyenv-virtualenv/HEAD-c4de255/bin/pyenv-virtualenv-prefix:
  expected replacement of "\"${BASH_SOURCE%/*}\"/../libexec" with "/usr/local/Cellar/pyenv-virtualenv/HEAD-c4de255/libexec"

okay, a release is in order then