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error when installing on Debian Stable: This environment is externally managed #246

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github12101 opened this issue Jan 26, 2024 · 2 comments

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@github12101
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Followed readthedocs tutorial to install.

$ pip3 install .
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.
@Reaper-lk
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Reaper-lk commented Jun 20, 2024

Set Up Python Virtual Environment
Create a virtual environment and activate it:
ex -

python3 -m venv electrumx-venv
source electrumx-venv/bin/activate

Then , you can install dependencies without any error.

And add the paths in /etc/systemd/system/electrumx_GLC.service correctly. like this

ExecStart=/path/electrumx-venv/bin/python /home/user/electrumx/electrumx_server

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cipig commented Jun 20, 2024

sudo pip3 install . --break-system-packages should do the trick too

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