Instructions to setup s3cmd in Debian derivatives might need to be updated
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Description
Following the instructions for Debian derivatives here: https://docs.csc.fi/data/Allas/using_allas/s3_client/#getting-started-with-s3cmd
Encountering the following error on Ubuntu 24.04.02:
```
ubuntu@pipeline-vm:~$ sudo pip3 install python-openstackclient
error: externally-managed-environment
× This environment is externally managed
╰─> To install Python packages system-wide, try apt install
python3-xyz, where xyz is the package you are trying to
install.
If you wish to install a non-Debian-packaged Python package,
create a virtual environment using python3 -m venv path/to/venv.
Then use path/to/venv/bin/python and path/to/venv/bin/pip. Make
sure you have python3-full installed.
If you wish to install a non-Debian packaged Python application,
it may be easiest to use pipx install xyz, which will manage a
virtual environment for you. Make sure you have pipx installed.
See /usr/share/doc/python3.12/README.venv for more information.
note: If you believe this is a mistake, please contact your Python installation or OS distribution provider. You can override this, at the risk of breaking your Python installation or OS, by passing --break-system-packages.
hint: See PEP 668 for the detailed specification.
```
Contributor guide
Research direction
Start with the linked “Getting started with s3cmd” documentation page and reproduce the `sudo pip3 install python-openstackclient` command on Ubuntu 24.04.02. Confirm an installation approach that works with Debian derivatives and update the instructions so they no longer produce the reported externally managed environment error.
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