Minor rewording of pip3 recommendations

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Bruce Dubbs 2022-04-21 08:43:49 -05:00
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<important>
<para>
In LFS and BLFS, we normally build and install Python modules with
<command>pip3</command>. Please take care that the
In LFS and BLFS we normally build and install Python modules with the
<command>pip3</command> command. Please take care that the
<command>pip3 install</command> commands in both the books should be
run as &root; unless it's for a Python virtual environment. Running
a <command>pip3 install</command> as a non-&root; user may seems to
work fine, but it will cause the installed module unaccessible by
other users.
run as ithe &root; user unless it's for a Python virtual environment.
Running a <command>pip3 install</command> as a non-&root; user may seem
to work fine, but it will cause the installed module to be inaccessible
by other users.
</para>
<para>
<command>pip3 install</command> will not reinstall an already
installed module by default. For using the
<command>pip3 install</command> command to upgrade a module (for
example, from meson-0.61.3 to meson-0.62.0), append
<parameter>-U</parameter> to the command line. If it's really
necessary to downgrade a module or reinstall the same version for
some reason, append <parameter>--force-reinstall</parameter> to
the command line.
<command>pip3 install</command> will not reinstall an already installed
module by default. For using the <command>pip3 install</command>
command to upgrade a module (for example, from meson-0.61.3 to
meson-0.62.0), insert the option <parameter>--upgrade</parameter> into
the command line. If it's really necessary to downgrade a module or
reinstall the same version for some reason, insert
<parameter>--force-reinstall</parameter> into the command line.
</para>
</important>