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| author | Bruce Dubbs <bdubbs@linuxfromscratch.org> | 2022-04-21 08:43:49 -0500 |
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| committer | Bruce Dubbs <bdubbs@linuxfromscratch.org> | 2022-04-21 08:43:49 -0500 |
| commit | dd9987c5ab0ee493d09817a566a8512ac53ea0d2 (patch) | |
| tree | 4451c0f82b6db5f874880f73c1816b87a8e38dc1 /chapter08/python.xml | |
| parent | 720c0bd9fbd29a25c8a0b6ae01e54fb21bdd4169 (diff) | |
Minor rewording of pip3 recommendations
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| -rw-r--r-- | chapter08/python.xml | 28 |
1 files changed, 14 insertions, 14 deletions
diff --git a/chapter08/python.xml b/chapter08/python.xml index cc3ca0d66..cb1d12c27 100644 --- a/chapter08/python.xml +++ b/chapter08/python.xml @@ -111,23 +111,23 @@ <important> <para> - In LFS and BLFS, we normally build and install Python modules with - <command>pip3</command>. Please take care that the + In LFS and BLFS we normally build and install Python modules with the + <command>pip3</command> command. Please take care that the <command>pip3 install</command> commands in both the books should be - run as &root; unless it's for a Python virtual environment. Running - a <command>pip3 install</command> as a non-&root; user may seems to - work fine, but it will cause the installed module unaccessible by - other users. + run as ithe &root; user unless it's for a Python virtual environment. + Running a <command>pip3 install</command> as a non-&root; user may seem + to work fine, but it will cause the installed module to be inaccessible + by other users. </para> + <para> - <command>pip3 install</command> will not reinstall an already - installed module by default. For using the - <command>pip3 install</command> command to upgrade a module (for - example, from meson-0.61.3 to meson-0.62.0), append - <parameter>-U</parameter> to the command line. If it's really - necessary to downgrade a module or reinstall the same version for - some reason, append <parameter>--force-reinstall</parameter> to - the command line. + <command>pip3 install</command> will not reinstall an already installed + module by default. For using the <command>pip3 install</command> + command to upgrade a module (for example, from meson-0.61.3 to + meson-0.62.0), insert the option <parameter>--upgrade</parameter> into + the command line. If it's really necessary to downgrade a module or + reinstall the same version for some reason, insert + <parameter>--force-reinstall</parameter> into the command line. </para> </important> |