pip/pip3 confusion and keeping up to date

[Chris Green]

Jon Ribbens <jon+usenet at unequivocal.eu> wrote:
> On 2023-11-02, Chris Green <cl at isbd.net> wrote:
> > I have a couple of systems which used to have python2 as well as
> > python3 but as Ubuntu and Debian verions have moved on they have
> > finally eliminated all dependencies on python2.
> >
> > So they now have only python3 and there is no python executable in
> > PATH. 
> >
> > There's still both /usr/bin/pip and /usr/bin/pip3 but they're
> > identical so presuably I can now simply use pip and it will be a
> > python3 pip.
> >
> >
> > So, going on from this, how do I do the equivalent of "apt update; apt
> > upgrade" for my globally installed pip packages?
> 
> I'm not sure what that question has to do with everything that preceded
> it, but you don't want to install python packages globally using pip.
> Either install them with 'apt', or install them in a virtual environment.

Why in a virtual environment?  When I install a package whether from
apt or from pip I want everyone/everything on my system to be able to
use it.

I do only install a few things using pip.

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Chris Green
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