Strategies for avoiding having to use --break-system-packages with pip

Peter J. Holzer hjp-python at hjp.at
Fri Jan 17 18:22:08 EST 2025


On 2025-01-14 11:32:35 +0000, Chris Green via Python-list wrote:
>     Use a virtual environment, what do I have to do then to make using
>     my program (that uses tkintertable) 'transparent', i.e. I just
>     want to be able to run the program from the command prompt like
>     any other program.

Just use the python interpreter in the venv in the hashbang line.

For example, here's the first line of one my scripts:

#!/usr/local/share/wds/venv/bin/python3

As you can probably guess, the venv is in /usr/local/share/wds/venv.

There is no need for wrapper scripts which activate the venv. Python
does that all by itself.

I have a small script, install-python[1], to assist with setting the
hashbang, but if it's just a few scripts you can simply edit it manually.

        hp

[1] https://git.hjp.at:3000/hjp/install-python/src/branch/master/install-python


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