Pip installs to unexpected place

[dn]

Various responses have been provided but the OP has not yet replied 
on-list (as verified by Archive). Is this an error with the 
list-processor or have some posts been sent to one person only (using 
Reply instead of ReplyList)?

There are always others who would like to learn from list-discussions - 
but will hearing only half of some of the conversation help them?


On 14/04/25 11:33, dn via Python-list wrote:
> 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