Add PIP_BREAK_SYSTEM_PACKAGES to the pip module #486
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Issue: #447
Python 3.11 introduces PEP 668, which marks Python base environments as “externally managed”.
Consequently, on Debian 12, installations using pip3 may encounter the externally-managed-environment error as shown below:
To address this, this PR introduces the environment variable
PIP_BREAK_SYSTEM_PACKAGES=1
. This ensures thatpip3
can install packages without being restricted by the externally managed environment constraints set by PEP 668.