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As of Python 3, pip install into the system Python lib directory is strongly discouraged. ISTR that even using pip to update pip results in a warning. That’s
by coredog64 4y ago
As of Python 3, pip install into the system Python lib directory is strongly discouraged. ISTR that even using pip to update pip results in a warning.
That’s not to say that there’s not still some libs out there that haven’t updated docs to get with the times.
- kevin_thibedeau 4y agoMore distros should adopt the Debian practice of installing into dist-packages and leaving site-packages as a /usr/local equivalent for pip to use on it's own.