#🔒 Is it Safe to pass --break-system-packages if I am in a venv?

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supple heath
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Title, I am in my virtual enviroment and am trying to install pandas (pip install pandas) but it is giving me this error: https://askubuntu.com/questions/1465218/pip-error-on-ubuntu-externally-managed-environment-×-this-environment-is-extern

Is it safe to pass --break-system-packages if I am in a venv?

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pip error on Ubuntu: externally-managed-environment × This environm...

I upgraded to Ubuntu 23.04. Now, when I run a pip command (installed using sudo apt install python3-pip), I get this error:
$ pip install --user <foobar>
error: externally-managed-environment...

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sage falcon
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in a venv it shouldn't prompt you to add that

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make sure you actually activated the venv, and it's pointing to the right location (pip -V)

supple heath
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yeah it is pointing to the enviroment

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it's in /home/username/env/myenv/lib/.....

crimson cipher
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Are you using --user like in the SO post you linked?

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Triple check if pip --version is pointing to the correct environment

supple heath
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no i'm not

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yes i get two different file locations

sage falcon
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that's not your venv pip

supple heath
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when i do pip -V

sage falcon
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ah nvm

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pip install in your venv should work without getting the warning

supple heath
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yeah it works in the guy's video without any warning so i'm a little hesitant to pass the --break-system

sage falcon
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you shouldn't need to.. it's odd if the error shows up.

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(the video also might be older than the relatively new "break-system-packages" check)

spare snow
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It sounds like you're not running the pip from the venv

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