pip install faster-whisper and python version

[Oefuli]

The installation in a Conda environment with Python 3.12.7 always gave me an error. A downgrade of Python in a fresh Conda environment to Python 3.11.0 solved the problem.

[MahmoudAshraf97]

What was the error?

[Oefuli]

--> What was the error?

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.

[MahmoudAshraf97]

This has no relation to this package or the python version, it's related to how your system and environment is managed

[Oefuli]

So why does it appear in one Python version and not in the other? The only difference is the Python version in the Conda environment created.

[MahmoudAshraf97]

I can reproduce it with python 3.10 on an internal server environment, as I said this is not related to this package

[Oefuli]

Ok, I investigated it a bit with Conda: It happens if you don't use “python=x.y.z” when creating the environment with Conda. So if you use “conda create --name my_env” instead of “conda create --name my_env python=3.5”. Thanks for the hint.