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Pip installs to unexpected place

From	Jonathan Gossage <jgossage@gmail.com>
Newsgroups	comp.lang.python
Subject	Pip installs to unexpected place
Date	2025-04-13 19:10 -0400
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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.


-- 
Jonathan Gossage

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