title: How to cleanly remove pip that is installed by using easy_install?
body: <p>If I used <code>sudo easy_install pip</code> on my OS X Lion 10.7.4, how do I cleanly remove it?
  After the installation, I also did
  <code>pip install --upgrade setuptools</code></p>
  
  <p>Here is the output:</p>
  
  <pre><code>mac:~ usr$ sudo easy_install pip 
  Password:
  Searching for pip
  Reading http://pypi.python.org/simple/pip/
  Best match: pip 1.5.4   
  Downloading https://pypi.python.org/packages/source/p/pip/pip-1.5.4.tar.gz#md5=834b2904f92d46aaa333267fb1c922bb
  Processing pip-1.5.4.tar.gz
  Running pip-1.5.4/setup.py -q bdist_egg --dist-dir /tmp/easy_install-b_hfrF/pip-1.5.4/egg-dist-tmp-o0r8F5
  warning: no files found matching 'pip/cacert.pem' 
  warning: no files found matching '*.html' under directory 'docs' 
  warning: no previously-included files matching '*.rst' found under directory 'docs/_build' 
  no previously-included directories found matching 'docs/_build/_sources' 
  Adding pip 1.5.4 to easy-install.pth file   
  Installing pip script to /usr/local/bin     
  Installing pip2.7 script to /usr/local/bin  
  Installing pip2 script to /usr/local/bin    
  
  Installed /Library/Python/2.7/site-packages/pip-1.5.4-py2.7.egg 
  Processing dependencies for pip
  Finished processing dependencies for pip
  </code></pre>
  
  <p>The pip (installed by easy_install) is causing symlink problems when I do <code>brew install python</code>, which will install its own pip to /usr/local/bin as:</p>
  
  <pre><code>lrwxr-xr-x  1 usr  admin   30  3  3 23:26 pip -&gt; ../Cellar/python/2.7.6/bin/pip 
  lrwxr-xr-x  1 usr  admin   31  3  3 23:26 pip2 -&gt; ../Cellar/python/2.7.6/bin/pip2 
  lrwxr-xr-x  1 usr  admin   33  3  3 23:26 pip2.7 -&gt; ../Cellar/python/2.7.6/bin/pip2.7 
  </code></pre>
  
  <p>I know I can just use <code>brew link --overwrite python</code> but I don't like the pip installed by easy_install to be in my system if I don't use it. I prefer to keep my system clean.</p>
  
  <p>Can someone also explain to me what those warnings are for? I know they do no harm but I am curious if I am missing any dependency?</p>
  
  <p>Thanks.</p>