Yeah, updating pip is good, but I don't think necessary on Ubuntu. Adam
On Wed, Oct 17, 2018, 3:40 PM Pat Lurcock <patlurc...@gmail.com> wrote: > Evening all, > > I have started installing the dependencies as per the script on the git > hub, one step at a time. > The first few went OK. When running the line: > $sudo apt-get install python-pip -y > I got a couple of messages: > The directory '/home/arches/.cache/pip/http' or its parent directory is > not owned by the current user and the cache has been disabled. Please check > the permissions and owner of that directory. If executing pip with sudo, > you may want sudo's -H flag. > and > The directory '/home/arches/.cache/pip' or its parent directory is not > owned by the current user and caching wheels has been disabled. check the > permissions and owner of that directory. If executing pip with sudo, you > may want sudo's -H flag. > > I rewound a bit (I am using a virtual machine and taking regular > snapshots) and,as advised, replaced the line with > $sudo -H apt-get install python-pip -y > and this time did not get any warnings. > > The next step runs the line: > $pip install virtualenv==13.1.2 > which works OK but ends with a message: > You are using pip version 8.1.1, however version 18.1 is available. > You should consider upgrading via the 'pip install --upgrade pip' command. > > I understand that Arches is written in a legacy version of python (2.7) > and would like to check that it is OK to use the latest version of pip or > should we stick with the old one that gets installed? I don't really > understand how it ties together, and whether versions of pip are tied to > versions of python. > > Thanks in advance, > Pat > > -- > -- To post, send email to archesproject@googlegroups.com. To unsubscribe, > send email to archesproject+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more > information, visit https://groups.google.com/d/forum/archesproject?hl=en > --- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "Arches Project" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to archesproject+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. > -- -- To post, send email to archesproject@googlegroups.com. To unsubscribe, send email to archesproject+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more information, visit https://groups.google.com/d/forum/archesproject?hl=en --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Arches Project" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to archesproject+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
