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| author | Erik Skultety <eskultet@redhat.com> | 2022-07-14 10:54:33 +0200 |
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| committer | Erik Skultety <eskultet@redhat.com> | 2022-07-14 14:21:04 +0200 |
| commit | 36fd7b46fa0f9231c5774f77bb910be4e0ff88e7 (patch) | |
| tree | 7727c06a53891e6c44d3b64f0ed86e0b51671516 /docs | |
| parent | 6c7719301368592ebb2114be4daae997fe039a5a (diff) | |
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docs: install: Replace system-wide pip installs with virtualenv
Installing system-wide with pip leads to security implications
(packages not updated with system package manager) and potentially
broken system packages since pip would replace files in the system
paths. Therefore, instead of suggesting system-wide installation with
pip, suggest usage of virtual environments.
Signed-off-by: Erik Skultety <eskultet@redhat.com>
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1 files changed, 4 insertions, 2 deletions
diff --git a/docs/installation.rst b/docs/installation.rst index 09300dd..e114066 100644 --- a/docs/installation.rst +++ b/docs/installation.rst @@ -16,12 +16,14 @@ to the Python user install directory # this will install only the very basic dependencies $ pip3 install --user -r requirements.txt -or, system-wide +or into a virtual environment :: # this will install only the very basic dependencies - $ sudo pip3 install -r requirements.txt + $ python3 -m venv <path_to_venv> + $ source <path_to_venv>/bin/activate + $ pip install -r requirements Depending on your intended use case for lcitool you can pick which dependencies you need to have installed, e.g. |