无法以非 root 用户身份导入 pip 安装的 package

Question

Unable to import a python module as a non root that was installed as root.

I have installed flask_babelex package in both ways:

pip3 install --user flask_babelex
pip3 install flask_babelex 

and working fine when I try to import :

[root@dev-apache ~]# python3 -c "import flask_babelex"

It's not working if were I run as a non-root user:

[root@dev-apache ~]#  su - apache
-bash-4.2$
-bash-4.2$ python3 -c "import flask_babelex"
Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "<string>", line 1, in <module>
ModuleNotFoundError: No module named 'flask_babelex'

I tried by changing permission to site-packages but no use:

/usr/local/lib/python3.6/site-packages

any workaround suggestions?

Answer 1

You can ensure you're installing the package with the correct python environment by running

python3 -m pip install flask_babelex

This will install the package specifically in the environment that your python3 is using