Package: python3-pip
Version: 23.2+dfsg-1
Severity: normal
Dear Maintainer,
When I try to install something to my user directory, I get a confusing error
message:
error: externally-managed-environment
× This environment is externally managed
╰─> To install Python packages system-wide, try apt install
python3-xyz, where xyz is the package you are trying to
install.
If you wish to install a non-Debian-packaged Python package,
create a virtual environment using python3 -m venv path/to/venv.
Then use path/to/venv/bin/python and path/to/venv/bin/pip. Make
sure you have python3-full installed.
If you wish to install a non-Debian packaged Python application,
it may be easiest to use pipx install xyz, which will manage a
virtual environment for you. Make sure you have pipx installed.
See /usr/share/doc/python3.11/README.venv for more information.
note: If you believe this is a mistake, please contact your Python installation
or OS distribution provider. You can override this, at the risk of breaking
your Python installation or OS, by passing --break-system-packages.
hint: See PEP 668 for the detailed specification.
This is confusing because the error, and the README.venv file, all talk about
system-wide installation (in /usr). But I am not trying to do a system-wide
installation!
I just want a user-wide installation. Somehow that leads to the same error
message though.
Kind regards,
Ralf
-- System Information:
Debian Release: trixie/sid
APT prefers testing
APT policy: (500, 'testing')
Architecture: amd64 (x86_64)
Foreign Architectures: i386
Kernel: Linux 6.4.0-2-amd64 (SMP w/20 CPU threads; PREEMPT)
Locale: LANG=en_US.UTF-8, LC_CTYPE=en_US.UTF-8 (charmap=UTF-8),
LANGUAGE=en_US:en
Shell: /bin/sh linked to /usr/bin/dash
Init: systemd (via /run/systemd/system)
LSM: AppArmor: enabled
Versions of packages python3-pip depends on:
ii ca-certificates 20230311
ii python3 3.11.4-5
ii python3-distutils 3.11.4-1
ii python3-setuptools 68.0.0-1
ii python3-wheel 0.38.4-2
Versions of packages python3-pip recommends:
ii build-essential 12.10
ii python3-dev 3.11.4-5
python3-pip suggests no packages.
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