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bpcreech / alpine-pip-drama.sh
Created March 5, 2024 17:12
python-build-standalone pip problems on Alpine
$ sudo docker run -v /home/ben/workspace:/workspace -it alpine:3.19
/ # apk add wget python3
...
/ # wget https://github.com/indygreg/python-build-standalone/releases/download/20240224/cpython-3.12.2+20240224-x86_64-unknown-linux-musl-install_only
.tar.gz
...
/ # tar xfz cpython-3.12.2+20240224-x86_64-unknown-linux-musl-install_only.tar.gz
/ # python/bin/python -m venv /venv
Error: Command '['/venv/bin/python', '-m', 'ensurepip', '--upgrade', '--default-pip']' returned non-zero exit status 1.
/ # /venv/bin/python -m ensurepip --upgrade --default-pip