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Install latest pip[1]
Install latest pip at the first time on the system
wget https://bootstrap.pypa.io/get-pip.py | sudo python
No module named 'distutils.cmd'
Need to install Python distutils and apt
sudo apt-get install python3-distutils python3-apt
ERROR: Could not install packages due to an OSError: Errno 1 Operation not permitted
The "OSError: [Error 1] Operation not permitted" error is often caused by having incompatible versions of packages on system.
# reinstall the problem package with update version
pip install --ignore-installed --upgrade <packages>
module 'lib' has no attribute 'X509_V_FLAG_NOTIFY_POLICY
# Remove installed OpenSSL lib package
$sudo rm -rf /usr/lib/python3/dist-packages/OpenSSL
# Reinstall updated pyopenssl
$sudo -H pip3 install -U pyopenssl
WARNING: Running pip as the 'root' user
This was introduced in pip 21.1 as a "bug fix" as of pip 22.1[2]
#you can now opt out of the warning using a parameter:
$sudo pip install --root-user-action=ignore <packages>
# You can ignore this in your container by using the environment:
ENV PIP_ROOT_USER_ACTION=ignore