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Having issues installing CustomTkinter on Mac

Open tetron432 opened this issue 1 year ago • 4 comments

I have tried to install this package using pip install customtkinter, but then I get this error:

error: externally-managed-environment

× This environment is externally managed
╰─> To install Python packages system-wide, try brew install
    xyz, where xyz is the package you are trying to
    install.
    
    If you wish to install a Python library that isn't in Homebrew,
    use a virtual environment:
    
    python3 -m venv path/to/venv
    source path/to/venv/bin/activate
    python3 -m pip install xyz
    
    If you wish to install a Python application that isn't in Homebrew,
    it may be easiest to use 'pipx install xyz', which will manage a
    virtual environment for you. You can install pipx with
    
    brew install pipx
    
    You may restore the old behavior of pip by passing
    the '--break-system-packages' flag to pip, or by adding
    'break-system-packages = true' to your pip.conf file. The latter
    will permanently disable this error.
    
    If you disable this error, we STRONGLY recommend that you additionally
    pass the '--user' flag to pip, or set 'user = true' in your pip.conf
    file. Failure to do this can result in a broken Homebrew installation.
    
    Read more about this behavior here: <https://peps.python.org/pep-0668/>

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.

Does anybody else have the same issue on Macs? What would be the best recommended way to solving this problem?

tetron432 avatar Jul 25 '24 01:07 tetron432

Have you tried pip3 install customtkinter?

Regards.

dipeshSam avatar Jul 25 '24 04:07 dipeshSam

Have you tried pip3 install customtkinter?

Regards.

I get the same error warning message.

tetron432 avatar Jul 25 '24 20:07 tetron432

While this issue is not specific to customtkinter, you may attempt the following solution:

pip install customtkinter --break-system-packages

Additionally, please consider the following steps:

  • Reinstall your Python environment setup. The issue might be due to a mix of different Python versions installed on your system.
  • Using a virtual environment may also resolve this problem.

Regards

dipeshSam avatar Jul 26 '24 03:07 dipeshSam

Is there no way to update using brew itself?

tetron432 avatar Jul 28 '24 18:07 tetron432