any time I try to install something with pip, it doesn't work and I get this long unintelligible error message
Defaulting to user installation because normal site-packages is not writeable
ERROR: Exception:
Traceback (most recent call last):
File "/usr/lib/python3.10/site-packages/pip/_internal/cli/base_command.py", line 189, in _main
status = self.run(options, args)
File "/usr/lib/python3.10/site-packages/pip/_internal/cli/req_command.py", line 178, in wrapper
return func(self, options, args)
File "/usr/lib/python3.10/site-packages/pip/_internal/commands/install.py", line 316, in run
requirement_set = resolver.resolve(
File "/usr/lib/python3.10/site-packages/pip/_internal/resolution/resolvelib/resolver.py", line 121, in resolve
self._result = resolver.resolve(
File "/usr/lib/python3.10/site-packages/resolvelib/resolvers.py", line 454, in resolve
state = resolution.resolve(requirements, max_rounds=max_rounds)
File "/usr/lib/python3.10/site-packages/resolvelib/resolvers.py", line 319, in resolve
name, crit = self._merge_into_criterion(r, parent=None)
File "/usr/lib/python3.10/site-packages/resolvelib/resolvers.py", line 176, in _merge_into_criterion
crit = Criterion.from_requirement(self._p, requirement, parent)
File "/usr/lib/python3.10/site-packages/resolvelib/resolvers.py", line 83, in from_requirement
if not cands:
File "/usr/lib/python3.10/site-packages/resolvelib/structs.py", line 124, in __bool__
return bool(self._sequence)
File "/usr/lib/python3.10/site-packages/pip/_internal/resolution/resolvelib/found_candidates.py", line 99, in __bool__
return any(self)
File "/usr/lib/python3.10/site-packages/pip/_internal/resolution/resolvelib/factory.py", line 218, in iter_index_candidates
result = self._finder.find_best_candidate(
File "/usr/lib/python3.10/site-packages/pip/_internal/index/package_finder.py", line 872, in find_best_candidate
candidates = self.find_all_candidates(project_name)
File "/usr/lib/python3.10/site-packages/pip/_internal/index/package_finder.py", line 815, in find_all_candidates
package_links = self.process_project_url(
File "/usr/lib/python3.10/site-packages/pip/_internal/index/package_finder.py", line 779, in process_project_url
html_page = self._link_collector.fetch_page(project_url)
File "/usr/lib/python3.10/site-packages/pip/_internal/index/collector.py", line 617, in fetch_page
return _get_html_page(location, session=self.session)
File "/usr/lib/python3.10/site-packages/pip/_internal/index/collector.py", line 429, in _get_html_page
resp = _get_html_response(url, session=session)
File "/usr/lib/python3.10/site-packages/pip/_internal/index/collector.py", line 126, in _get_html_response
resp = session.get(
File "/usr/lib/python3.10/site-packages/requests/sessions.py", line 542, in get
return self.request('GET', url, **kwargs)
File "/usr/lib/python3.10/site-packages/pip/_internal/network/session.py", line 424, in request
return super().request(method, url, *args, **kwargs)
File "/usr/lib/python3.10/site-packages/requests/sessions.py", line 529, in request
resp = self.send(prep, **send_kwargs)
File "/usr/lib/python3.10/site-packages/requests/sessions.py", line 687, in send
r.content
File "/usr/lib/python3.10/site-packages/requests/models.py", line 838, in content
self._content = b''.join(self.iter_content(CONTENT_CHUNK_SIZE)) or b''
File "/usr/lib/python3.10/site-packages/requests/models.py", line 760, in generate
for chunk in self.raw.stream(chunk_size, decode_content=True):
File "/usr/lib/python3.10/site-packages/urllib3/response.py", line 579, in stream
data = self.read(amt=amt, decode_content=decode_content)
File "/usr/lib/python3.10/site-packages/urllib3/response.py", line 522, in read
data = self._fp.read(amt) if not fp_closed else b""
File "/home/jax/.local/lib/python3.10/site-packages/cachecontrol/filewrapper.py", line 96, in read
self._close()
File "/home/jax/.local/lib/python3.10/site-packages/cachecontrol/filewrapper.py", line 76, in _close
self.__callback(result)
File "/home/jax/.local/lib/python3.10/site-packages/cachecontrol/controller.py", line 329, in cache_response
self.cache.set(
TypeError: SafeFileCache.set() got an unexpected keyword argument 'expires'
I searched up the error message and the results were unhelpful. I can remove packages but not install any. If I use sudo to run as root then it works fine, but i'd like not to install as root. Previously it did work, I don't have a clue as to why it doesn't anymore.
Any and all help would be appreciated.
Thanks in advance -- Jax
sudo chown -R jax /home/jax/.local
Nope, didn't work. I still get the exact same error message.