On 4/15/2025 12:43 PM, Friedrich Romstedt via Python-list wrote:
Am Mo., 14. Apr. 2025 um 01:14 Uhr schrieb Jonathan Gossage via Python-list
<python-list@python.org>:
I am using *Python 3.13* in a virtual environment under *Ubuntu Linux
24.04*
.
[...]
Instead, it was
installed into the site-packages directory in
*/home/jonathan/.locals/lib/python3.13/site-packages* even though I did not
specify *--user* to the *pip install* command. Is this expected behavior? I
wanted Sphinx to be installed in the virtual environment so that it would
be accessible to all users of the virtual environment.
Hi Jonathan,
Many people put emphasis on that you need to *activate* a virtualenv before
using it, but no-one so far stressed the fact that you got Sphinx installed
to ~/jonathan/.local/lib/python3.13/site-packages *without using *--user.
On Linux, at least, it's standard for pip to install into the user's
site-packages location if it's not invoked with admin privileges - even
without --user. Pip will emit a message saying so. Well, that used to be
true but nowadays Pip wants you to use the --break-system-packages flag
if you want to insist on installing into the system's Python install,
even if it's going to go into --user. I'm not sure if the restriction
will be in place given that the OP built his own Python version.
Do you have, by any chance, one of the following pip-related configuration
files present?
- /etc/pip.conf
- ~/.config/pip/pip.conf
- ~/.pip/pip.conf (lagacy)
I took this list from https://pip.pypa.io/en/stable/topics/configuration/.
*If* there is any such file present, you might look out for a line:
user = true
but I am not entirely certain about this.
Looking forward to your reply!
Best,
Friedrich
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