>Fedora rolled this in 38, AFAIK. It's a major hassle for users, IMHO, and it seems a really unfortunate change to me.
I did a new clean install with Fedora 39 and this is still the update method I use with pip instead of pipx. Jeff KI7GJG On Tue, Jun 4, 2024 at 3:12 PM Dan Smith via Users < [email protected]> wrote: > > Note that I do not use pipx. > > I do my updates with pip using the command > > `pip install --upgrade chirp-20240504.tar.gz` > > and it does the install/upgrade flawlessly > > This is on Fedora 40 and it has worked this way since Fedora 37 for me > > with upgrades to each version in between (both of the OS and chirp). > > I imagine this works for you only because you've upgraded from before > Fedora 38. The python community is moving to a model where you are barred > from installing non-distro packages into the regular namespace, and thus > pipx (or venv) is required. Here are the details: > > > https://packaging.python.org/en/latest/specifications/externally-managed-environments/ > > All new installs of every distro I've seen now have the flag enabled, > which means pip refuses to do anything unless it's inside a venv. Fedora > rolled this in 38, AFAIK. It's a major hassle for users, IMHO, and it seems > a really unfortunate change to me. But, it's something upstream python and > the distros have decided for us, so we just have to deal with it. > > --Dan > _______________________________________________ > Users mailing list > [email protected] > https://lists.chirpmyradio.com/postorius/lists/users.lists.chirpmyradio.com > To unsubscribe, send an email to [email protected] > To report this email as off-topic, please email > [email protected] > List archives: > https://lists.chirpmyradio.com/hyperkitty/list/[email protected]/ > _______________________________________________ Users mailing list [email protected] https://lists.chirpmyradio.com/postorius/lists/users.lists.chirpmyradio.com To unsubscribe, send an email to [email protected] To report this email as off-topic, please email [email protected] List archives: https://lists.chirpmyradio.com/hyperkitty/list/[email protected]/
