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> But they will break your system Python and any OS commands that depend upon system Python Sudo pip install might on some distros (and I consider this to be a
by Smithalicious 7y ago
> But they will break your system Python and any OS commands that depend upon system Python
Sudo pip install might on some distros (and I consider this to be a bug on the distro level, not a Python issue) but I've never heard of --user breaking anything
- geofft 7y agoMaybe I'm misremembering, but, isn't the point of pip install --user to get things onto your import path when running the base Python interpreter, just like sudo pip install would (except scoped to your user)? If so, wouldn't installing an incompatible newer version of some library (or worse, a broken version) break system commands that import that library, when that same user is running those commands?