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Idea #20543
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Documentation should stop suggesting `pip install --user`
Status:
Resolved
Priority:
Normal
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Category:
Documentation
Target version:
Start date:
07/07/2023
Due date:
Story points:
0.5
Release:
Release relationship:
Auto
Description
This installation method will fail on distributions that mark themselves as "externally managed" following PEP 668. As I write this that's Debian 12 and Ubuntu 23.04. Others are expected to follow.
The best replacement is probably:
python3 -m venv DIRNAME DIRNAME/bin/pip install PKGNAME
… and then run the software from DIRNAME/bin, either explicitly, using $PATH, a symlink from $PATH, whatever.
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