how to properly remove python2 after pip installed it

magouero

Hello,

board: omega2+
firmware: 0.3.4 b259

i upgraded my omega2+ => OK.
python was not installed anymore => OK .
i installed it using opkg install python3 => OK
after that i noticed that pip was not here neither.
I unfortunately used opkg install python-pip INSTEAD of opkg install python3-pip

I saw it installing python-base ... python-light, etc ... strange.
I realised that it had installed python2
So then i wanted to revert so i did opkg remove python-pip
=>ok : 'Removing package python-pip from ...'

then i did opkg remove python
Then Omega says:

No packages removed.
Collected errors:
 * print_dependents_warning: Package python is depended upon by packages:
 * print_dependents_warning:    python-setuptools
 * print_dependents_warning: These might cease to work if package python is removed.

 * print_dependents_warning: Force removal of this package with --force-depends.
 * print_dependents_warning: Force removal of this package and its dependents
 * print_dependents_warning: with --force-removal-of-dependent-packages.

I think that pip 2 is gone already but i still see directories and packages for python2.

The question is: how to properly remove python2 and its components and keep python3 and pip 3
i think about doing opkg remove python then opkg remove python3 to get all out then re install using opkg install python3 then opkg install python3-pip
What do you think ?

Thank you for your help !

crispyoz

@magouero opkg is not particularly sophisticated which is why OpenWrt are changing over to APK package manager. I would do it this way:

opkg remove python3 --force-removal-of-dependent-packages
opkg remove python --force-removal-of-dependent-packages

Then opkg list 'python' to see if there is anything left to clean up. See the docs https://documentation.onioniot.com/packages/opkg-package-manager ```