Python 3.10: Locally installed modules not in path

redneonglow · 10-17-2021, 01:17 PM

After Slackware's upgrade to Python 3.10, modules installed locally by pip3 are not detected.

Running python3 and typing "sys.path" does not show $HOME/.local/lib64/python3.10/site-packages.

In order to have the locally installed modules detected by Python programs, I have to add $HOME/.local/lib64/python3.10/site-packages to the PYTHONPATH variable.

Richard Cranium · 10-17-2021, 04:47 PM

I've started using pipenv for my various python projects.

andrew.46 · 10-17-2021, 08:23 PM

Thanks for finding the fix for this issue which I have also bumped into elsewhere on these Forums...

redneonglow · 11-07-2021, 10:40 AM

This is no longer an issue after the downgrade back to python 3.9.

igadoter · 11-07-2021, 12:19 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by redneonglow

In order to have the locally installed modules detected by Python programs, I have to add $HOME/.local/lib64/python3.10/site-packages to the PYTHONPATH variable.

Bad idea as order in PATH matters. Which is crucial in case of version conflict between locally and system wide installed python scripts. It is most problematic using pip as common user. You don't have write access so all modules are installed locally. I don't think there is any good solution. Just one has to be careful.

Edit: good example for python app which should be placed unde $HOME/.local/bin is youtube-dl. It needs frequent updates. And it can check for new updates itself.