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Candid Moe
Asked: 2021-10-18 10:19:30 +0800 CST 2021-10-18 10:19:30 +0800 CST

Is pip compatible with Package Manager on Linux?

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Linux (Mint Ulyana) comes with Python 2.7 and Python 3.8 installed by default, but not pip.

The normal method for installing Python modules is via the Package Manager. Of course, not all modules are available or in their latest versions this way.

The utility pipis available via the Package Manager, but can I use it to install modules and/or versions that are not available in the Package Manager without causing conflicts or inconsistencies?

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  1. Best Answer

    Using both tools to install the same package can create inconsistencies.

    It is best to use only one to install a certain package.

    For example, let's say I accidentally installed awscliboth tools on my Ubuntu 20.04 machine.

    baruch@hal-9000:~$ pip3 install awscli

    Then, to check where the executable that is called with the command awsis, we try the following:

    baruch@hal-9000:~$ whereis aws
aws: /home/baruch/.local/bin/aws /home/baruch/.local/bin/aws.cmd

    Now let's install the same package but with apt:

    baruch@hal-9000:~$ sudo apt install awscli

    With which, we will now have an additional executable:

    baruch@hal-9000:~$ whereis aws
aws: /usr/bin/aws /home/baruch/.local/bin/aws /home/baruch/.local/bin/aws.cmd

    This is where things get complicated, when looking at the order of the executables, one might think that it will always be executed /usr/bin/awsbecause it is at the beginning, however, this is what happens:

    baruch@hal-9000:~$ aws --version
aws-cli/1.18.159 Python/3.8.5 Linux/5.4.0-51-generic botocore/1.18.18
baruch@hal-9000:~$ sudo aws --version
aws-cli/1.18.69 Python/3.8.5 Linux/5.4.0-51-generic botocore/1.16.19

    different versions .

    Different users may be using different versions of the same program, this is complicated if they use the same data source.

    I'm under the (unverified) impression that the user www-data, commonly used on web servers, might suffer from this same problem.

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