boltgolt / boltgolt/howdy

Issue with Upgrading pip to the latest version

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I'm having following Python pip issue when tried to install howdy.. Please help

Ubuntu 24.04.1 LTS

Unpacking howdy (2.6.1) ...

Setting up howdy (2.6.1) ...
/var/lib/dpkg/info/howdy.postinst:145: SyntaxWarning: invalid escape sequence '\
w'
"davisking-dlib-\w+/(dlib/(http_client|java|matlab|test/)|"

>>> Upgrading pip to the latest version

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.
Error while running last command
dpkg: error processing package howdy (--configure):
installed howdy package post-installation script subprocess returned error exit
status 1
Processing triggers for man-db (2.12.0-4build2) ...
Errors were encountered while processing:
howdy
E: Sub-process /usr/bin/dpkg returned an error code (1)

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The failure is reported from /var/lib/dpkg/info/howdy.postinst at line 145; start there and inspect the pip-upgrade step on Ubuntu 24.04. Reproduce the package configuration failure and verify that installing and configuring howdy completes without the externally-managed-environment error.

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Assessment

Tech stack
python, ubuntu
Domain
operating-systems
Issue type
Bug
Difficulty
4/5
Estimated time
3-5 days
Activity status
Stale
Clarity
Needs clarification
Newbie friendliness
35/100

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