I run a Debian system where I had installed several python packages via pip on system level. Now I upgraded to Debian 12. It is now suggested to run each application in a venv environment and install the needed packages locally. This I have done, and it works fine.
However when I call pip list on global level, I still see a lot of installed packages. When I try to uninstall those packages, I get this response:
pip uninstall pyinotify
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.
How do I clean up my system?
Tried to uninstall global pip packages. Expected this would work.