pip3 DESTDIR install
 

Given a Python package that has to be installed via pip3, how can one get pip3 to perform a DESTDIR install?

The only good result I could get from googling was this stackoverflow link (best viewed in a text-mode browser) but I am unclear if they are discussing alternate install to a permanent directory (something like /opt) or instead a DESTDIR install (can tar then detar elsewhere later without breaking anything).

Thank you.

I guess you need to use python venv (virtual environment) for this.