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why pip is not working in Kali linux. 22.4


Pip is not working in my kali Linux 22.4. Python3 and pip is the newest version installed. prove of install I am running my Kali Linux on VMware. kali is also the letest one. While I install nummpy or anything by "pip" its through this error.

pip install PIL                     
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 was tring to install a library of python by pip but get this error. Manually i can install.


Solution

  • For me it worked by

    sudo apt-get install python-pkg

    where "python-pkg" is the name your python package.

    You can also try

    python3 -m pip install python-pkg

    worked for me on a Mac.