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Twtxt with system python3.12: PEP668 related error during install by documentation #195

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~$ pip3 install twtxt
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.
    
    See /usr/share/doc/python3.12/README.venv for more information.

note: If you believe this is a mistake, please contact your Python installation or OS distribution provider. 
You can override this, at the risk of breaking your Python installation or OS, by passing --break-system-packages.
hint: See PEP 668 for the detailed specification.

Using pip install --user give same error. PEP668 breaks typical scenario of installing python apps:)

My workaround is to python3 -m venv twtxt anywhere for twtxt, activate it, make pip install twtxt within venv, then cd ~/.local/bin and ln -s /path/to/venv/bin/twtxt. In this case twtxt installed locally for user and works (except #194 bug)

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