How to clean up my Python Installation for a fresh start

Question

I\'m developing on Snow Leopard and going through the various \"how tos\" to get the MySQLdb package installed and working (uphill battle). Things are a mess and I\'d like to r

Answer 1

Virtualenv might still work for you. Install it, then create virtual python environments with the --no-site-packages option. This won't clean up your base system, but should allow you to develop in pretty good isolation from the base system.