def uninstall(self, auto_confirm=False):
        """
        Uninstall the distribution currently satisfying this requirement.

        Prompts before removing or modifying files unless
        ``auto_confirm`` is True.

        Refuses to delete or modify files outside of ``sys.prefix`` -
        thus uninstallation within a virtual environment can only
        modify that virtual environment, even if the virtualenv is
        linked to global site-packages.

        """
        if not self.check_if_exists():
            raise UninstallationError("Cannot uninstall requirement %s, not installed" % (self.name,))
        dist = self.satisfied_by or self.conflicts_with

        paths_to_remove = UninstallPathSet(dist)

        pip_egg_info_path = os.path.join(dist.location,
                                         dist.egg_name()) + '.egg-info'
        # workaround for http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=618367
        debian_egg_info_path = pip_egg_info_path.replace(
            '-py%s' % pkg_resources.PY_MAJOR, '')
        easy_install_egg = dist.egg_name() + '.egg'
        develop_egg_link = egg_link_path(dist)

        pip_egg_info_exists = os.path.exists(pip_egg_info_path)
        debian_egg_info_exists = os.path.exists(debian_egg_info_path)
        if pip_egg_info_exists or debian_egg_info_exists:
            # package installed by pip
            if pip_egg_info_exists:
                egg_info_path = pip_egg_info_path
            else:
                egg_info_path = debian_egg_info_path
            paths_to_remove.add(egg_info_path)
            if dist.has_metadata('installed-files.txt'):
                for installed_file in dist.get_metadata('installed-files.txt').splitlines():
                    path = os.path.normpath(os.path.join(egg_info_path, installed_file))
                    paths_to_remove.add(path)
            #FIXME: need a test for this elif block
            #occurs with --single-version-externally-managed/--record outside of pip
            elif dist.has_metadata('top_level.txt'):
                if dist.has_metadata('namespace_packages.txt'):
                    namespaces = dist.get_metadata('namespace_packages.txt')
                else:
                    namespaces = []
                for top_level_pkg in [p for p
                                      in dist.get_metadata('top_level.txt').splitlines()
                                      if p and p not in namespaces]:
                    path = os.path.join(dist.location, top_level_pkg)
                    paths_to_remove.add(path)
                    paths_to_remove.add(path + '.py')
                    paths_to_remove.add(path + '.pyc')

        elif dist.location.endswith(easy_install_egg):
            # package installed by easy_install
            paths_to_remove.add(dist.location)
            easy_install_pth = os.path.join(os.path.dirname(dist.location),
                                            'easy-install.pth')
            paths_to_remove.add_pth(easy_install_pth, './' + easy_install_egg)

        elif develop_egg_link:
            # develop egg
            fh = open(develop_egg_link, 'r')
            link_pointer = os.path.normcase(fh.readline().strip())
            fh.close()
            assert (link_pointer == dist.location), 'Egg-link %s does not match installed location of %s (at %s)' % (link_pointer, self.name, dist.location)
            paths_to_remove.add(develop_egg_link)
            easy_install_pth = os.path.join(os.path.dirname(develop_egg_link),
                                            'easy-install.pth')
            paths_to_remove.add_pth(easy_install_pth, dist.location)

        # find distutils scripts= scripts
        if dist.has_metadata('scripts') and dist.metadata_isdir('scripts'):
            for script in dist.metadata_listdir('scripts'):
                paths_to_remove.add(os.path.join(bin_py, script))
                if sys.platform == 'win32':
                    paths_to_remove.add(os.path.join(bin_py, script) + '.bat')

        # find console_scripts
        if dist.has_metadata('entry_points.txt'):
            config = ConfigParser.SafeConfigParser()
            config.readfp(FakeFile(dist.get_metadata_lines('entry_points.txt')))
            if config.has_section('console_scripts'):
                for name, value in config.items('console_scripts'):
                    paths_to_remove.add(os.path.join(bin_py, name))
                    if sys.platform == 'win32':
                        paths_to_remove.add(os.path.join(bin_py, name) + '.exe')
                        paths_to_remove.add(os.path.join(bin_py, name) + '.exe.manifest')
                        paths_to_remove.add(os.path.join(bin_py, name) + '-script.py')

        paths_to_remove.remove(auto_confirm)
        self.uninstalled = paths_to_remove
Uninstall the distribution currently satisfying this requirement.

        Prompts before removing or modifying files unless
        ``auto_confirm`` is True.

        Refuses to delete or modify files outside of ``sys.prefix`` -
        thus uninstallation within a virtual environment can only
        modify that virtual environment, even if the virtualenv is
        linked to global site-packages.