Using sudo with pip3?

Fri Jan 6 17:14:57 EST 2017

>From Ubuntu, why not try:

sudo apt-get install python-matplotlib
-Clint
On Fri, Jan 6, 2017 at 3:09 PM jim <jf_byrnes at comcast.net> wrote:
> Setting up a new computer to run Ubuntu 16.04. Started using pip3 to
>> install all the python stuff I had on the old machine and got this message:
>>>> jfb at jims-1604:~$ sudo pip3 install matplotlib
>> [sudo] password for jfb:
>> The directory '/home/jfb/.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.
>>>> I (jfb) own the directory in question.
>>>> I used sudo because I recall needing to use it on the old machine to get
>> something to install. So is it necessary or even desirable to use sudo
>> with pip3?
>>>> Thanks, Jim
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