Installing ========== Use the package manager of your operating system to install ranger. To install ranger manually, use either: sudo ./setup.py install --optimize=1 --record=uninstall_info or for short: sudo make install Uninstalling ============ Ranger uses python distutils to install ranger which does not support automatic uninstalling. However, after installing ranger with one of the ways above, all installed files are recorded to "uninstall_info". This information can be used to remove ranger: cat uninstall_info | xargs -d "\n" sudo rm -- or simply: sudo make uninstall