python pip install TTS confusion on 24.04

[Jeffrey Walton]

On Mon, Jan 20, 2025 at 8:37 PM Jerry Geis <jerry.geis at gmail.com> wrote:
>
> As root or as my users I get the same thing
>
> pip install TTS
> 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.
>
> So then I tried
> $ python3-pip install TTS
> Command 'python3-pip' not found, did you mean:
>   command 'python3-pie' from deb python3 (3.12.3-0ubuntu2)

This may be helpful:

$ apt-cache search python3 | grep -i tts
python3-gtts - Wrapper and CLI utility for the Google TTS (Text-to-Speech) API (
Python 3)
python3-gtts-token - Calculates a token to run the Google Translate text to spee
ch (Python 3)

>  apt-file search bin/python3-pip
> returns nothing.

$ command -v pip3
/usr/bin/pip3

Jeff