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pip install --editable says "Successfully installed" but does not show in pip list

pip install --editable /path-to-code in some linux environments does not work (says "Successfully installed", but then does not show in pip list).

pip install /path-to-code works as normal.

What do?

Solution

  • pip install --editable in such environments creates a .egg-link file in site-packages folder, but pip list looks at dist-packages folder

    The fix is then to remove the site-packages folder and soft-link it to the dist-packages folder

    In my machine this was:

    rm -rf /usr/lib/python3.8/site-packages/ ;
ln -s /usr/local/lib/python3.8/dist-packages /usr/lib/python3.8/site-packages

    and then

    pip install --editable /path-to-code