Hi CJ Osakwe,
Ubuntu does not allow you to use pip to install packages outside of virtual environments. This is a choice that the Ubuntu developers took to reduce the chances that new packages break the existing ones.
This is not an issue that is specific to kuibit, but it applies to any python package. There are multiple possible ways around this. I personally use Poetry (https://python-poetry.org/) because it helps me with managing the development of the package itself. I am not familiar with the other solutions to the problem, so I cannot tell you which one is the best. I'd recommend using your preferred search engine and following the some instruction you understand. Let us know if you face any issues in doing so.
Best, Gabriele
On Thu, Aug 17, 2023 at 11:58 AM CJ Osakwe cuosakwe@ucalgary.ca wrote:
Hello,
I'm not sure who to talk to about this, but I can't get the command to install Kuibit to work.
I've been using the Einstein Toolkit for a few months now, and I wanted to update everything in light of the recent 'Schwarzschild' release. The toolkit itself was fine, but when I input the shell command to install Kuibit:
*pip install --user -U kuibit==1.4.0*
I receive the following error message:
*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/python3.11/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.*
I should mention that my version of Python no longer recognizes that kuibit is installed, i.e., when I run Python I get the error: *ModuleNotFoundError: No module named 'kuibit'*. This is what motivated me to update everything in the first place.
Thanks, CJ Osakwe Ph.D. candidate, University of Calgary
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