How to deal with requirements.txt on macos
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Description
MacOS doesn't like system-wide packages:
➜ emigo git:(main) ✗ pip3 install -r requirements.txt
error: externally-managed-environment
× This environment is externally managed
╰─> To install Python packages system-wide, try brew install
xyz, where xyz is the package you are trying to
install.
If you wish to install a Python library that isn't in Homebrew,
use a virtual environment:
Is there some recommended way how to deal with this other than pip install package_name --break-system-packages
?
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Start by reviewing requirements.txt and the issue's macOS installation error. Determine the project's recommended approach for installing these Python dependencies without --break-system-packages, then document that guidance and verify the documented command sequence on macOS.
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- Tech stack
- python
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- developer-experience
- Issue type
- Documentation
- Difficulty
- 2/5
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- 35/100