Using sudo with pip3?

[Clint Moyer]

>From Ubuntu, why not try:

sudo apt-get install python-matplotlib

-Clint

On Fri, Jan 6, 2017 at 3:09 PM jim <jf_byrnes at comcast.net> wrote:

> Setting up a new computer to run Ubuntu 16.04. Started using pip3 to
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> install all the python stuff I had on the old machine and got this message:
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> jfb at jims-1604:~$ sudo pip3 install matplotlib
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> [sudo] password for jfb:
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> The directory '/home/jfb/.cache/pip/http' or its parent directory is not
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> owned by the current user and the cache has been disabled. Please check
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> the permissions and owner of that directory. If executing pip with sudo,
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> you may want sudo's -H flag.
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> I (jfb) own the directory in question.
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> I used sudo because I recall needing to use it on the old machine to get
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> something to install. So is it necessary or even desirable to use sudo
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> with pip3?
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> Thanks,  Jim
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