pip --user by default

[Rob Gaddi]

On 01/13/2018 04:54 AM, Thomas Jollans wrote:
> Hi,
> 
> I recently discovered the wonders of pip.conf: if I create a file
> ~/.config/pip/pip.conf* with:
> 
> [install]
> user = true
> 
> then pip will install to the --user site-packages by default, rather
> than trying to install packages into system directories.
> 
> The trouble is that this fails when you also use virtualenvs. In a
> virtualenv, --user doesn't work, so pip fails when trying to install
> anything in a virtualenv as long as the user pip.conf contains those lines.
> 
> Short of adding a pip.conf to every single virtualenv, is there any way
> to work around this, and configure pip to install packages
> 
>   - into the user directories if possible
>   - into the environment when in an environment
> 
> by default?
> 
> Thanks,
> Thomas
> 
> 
> 
> * the path obviously depends on the OS:
> https://pip.pypa.io/en/stable/user_guide/#config-file
> 

Inside of a virtualenv, what's the difference between a --user install 
and a system one?

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