Pip installs to unexpected place

[dn]

On 14/04/25 11:10, Jonathan Gossage via Python-list wrote:
> I am using *Python 3.13* in a virtual environment under *Ubuntu Linux 24.04*
> .
> The version of Python was compiled from source code and installed with make
> altinstall. I attempted to use *pip* to install the *Sphinx* package into
> the virtual environment using the command *pip install sphinx* in the
> virtual environment*.* I expected that *sphinx* would be installed in the
> *site-packages* directory in the virtual environment. Instead, it was
> installed into the site-packages directory in
> */home/jonathan/.locals/lib/python3.13/site-packages* even though I did not
> specify *--user* to the *pip install* command. Is this expected behavior? I
> wanted Sphinx to be installed in the virtual environment so that it would
> be accessible to all users of the virtual environment.

Which command did you type?
Which type of virtual-environment, and was it activated at the time?

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Regards,
=dn