I'm running Ubuntu Server and upgraded it from Ubuntu 22.10 (Kinetic Kudu) to Ubuntu 23.04 (Lunar Lobster).
After the installation finished, I tried running one of my Python scripts and one of my modules went missing. I tried to reinstall it with pip3 install playsound, but I got this error:
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.
As the error says, I tried to install 'playsound' with sudo apt install python3-playsound, but it's not available through APT.
I also tried python3 -m pip install playsound and that gives the same error. I don't really know what else to do because I have never needed to mess with pip like this before.
What should I do?
I figured it out and just needed to activate the virtual environment I made.