Can't update our CI to use 24.04 because of installation in system python

kimwnasptd commented 4 weeks ago

Bug Description

In 24.04 the Python version includes PEP668

The following PEP disallows by default to install packages in the system-wide python installation. https://stackoverflow.com/questions/77676556/whats-the-correct-way-to-use-user-local-python-environment-under-pep668

In order to use 24.04 and onwards we'll need to always use virtual environments to avoid this issue

To Reproduce

Bump Ubuntu version to 24.04 in any of our CI

Environment

Any of our repos that

doesn't use 24.04 for testing
doesn't create a virtual environment for running the tests

Relevant Log Output

$ pip install setuptools --user
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.