Installation as instructed for Mint fails

[LinuxOnTheDesktop]

The output of thefuck --version (something like The Fuck 3.1 using Python 3.5.0 and Bash 4.4.12(1)-release):

Irrelevant - the problem is with installing the program in the first place.

Your system (Debian 7, ArchLinux, Windows, etc.):

Mint 22 Cinnamon. (Mint 22 is based upon Ubuntu 24.04, a.k.a. 'Ubuntu Noble'.)

How to reproduce the bug:

Do, as per installation instructions (within the README) this:

$ sudo apt update
$ sudo apt install python3-dev python3-pip python3-setuptools
$ pip3 install thefuck --user

And consequently see the following after the pip3 install.

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.

The output of The Fuck with THEFUCK_DEBUG=true exported (typically execute export THEFUCK_DEBUG=true in your shell before The Fuck):

Irrelevant.

If the bug only appears with a specific application, the output of that application and its version:

Irrelevant.

Anything else you think is relevant:

Nothing.

EDITED (because I submitted the form too early by accident).

[rogersbarn]

same issue, also on mint 22. worked great before

[BorisKonstantinov]

same problem on mint 22

[j-lakeman]

consider

• The repo is dead #1466
• https://codeberg.org/iff/pay-respects

[LinuxOnTheDesktop]

@j-lakeman

I.e., the current repository is unmaintained (at least largely) and there is a program with the (odd?) name 'Pay Respects' that is maintained and does a similar job to TheFuck. Right. Thanks.

[JumpIn-Git]

this doesnt have to do with thefuck.... thats just how pip works now you will get this error with any pip package you need to make a venv

[ylyxa]

How I installed this on Mint 22:

sudo apt install pipx

pipx install thefuck

Install distutils: follow instructions in #1457 (comment)

Fix deprecated package use: #1449 (comment) (note: the directory will be different from the one that comment's OP mentions, you need the one where bin was in the previous step)

[LinuxOnTheDesktop]

@ylyxa

Thank you. However, I ran into the following problem. After doing . .

$ sudo apt install pipx
$ pipx install the fuck
$ cd ~/.local/share/pipx/venvs/thefuck/bin
$ ./python3 -m pip install setuptools

. . I could find no conf.py file, anywhere, that contained from imp import load_source. I did find, within ~/.local/share/pipx/venvs/thefuck/lib/python3.12/site-packages/thefuck/conf.py and within ~/.local/share/pipx/venvs/thefuck/lib64/python3.12/site-packages/thefuck/conf.py the following.

settings = load_source(
    	'settings', text_type(self.user_dir.joinpath('settings.py')))

I replaced that text, in both files, with settings = importlib.machinery.SourceFileLoader('settings', text_type(self.user_dir.joinpath('settings.py'))).load_module().

Similarly: I found ~/.local/share/pipx/venvs/thefuck/lib/python3.12/site-packages/thefuck/types.py, but could not find therein the from imp import line, but I did locate the rule_module line and I replaced it.

Then I opened a new termina window and . . no dice:

$ fuck
Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "/home/<me>/.local/bin/fuck", line 5, in <module>
    from thefuck.entrypoints.not_configured import main
ModuleNotFoundError: No module named 'thefuck'

Python packaging is a horrible, horrible thing (which has prevented me from bothering to learn Python).

[JumpIn-Git]

just make a venv...

python -m venv --system-site-packages --upgrade-deps ~/.venv

and add source ~/.venv/bin/activate, file name of activate will differ with your shell. restart shell and just run the pip command

[JumpIn-Git]

just make a venv...

python -m venv --system-site-packages --upgrade-deps ~/.venv

and add source ~/.venv/bin/activate, file name of activate will differ with your shell. restart shell and just run the pip command

@LinuxOnTheDesktop @ylyxa

[LinuxOnTheDesktop]

@JumpIn-Git

Thanks, but:

• where does the source command go? In a .bashrc?
• 'run the pip command' - which pip command?
• I ran python -m venv --system-site-packages --upgrade-deps ~/.venv (without understanding it, but I did back up my system first) and so doing produced a load of depreciation warnings.

Still: I think I've run out of f*cks; I'll do without the tool or use a replacement for it.

[JumpIn-Git]

@JumpIn-Git

Thanks, but:

* where does the `source` command go? In a .bashrc?

* 'run the pip command' - which pip command?

* I ran `python -m venv --system-site-packages --upgrade-deps ~/.venv` (without understanding it, but I did back up my system first) and so doing produced a load of depreciation warnings.

Still: I think I've run out of f*cks; I'll do without the tool or use a replacement for it.

the source commands in your shells config, and i dont think the error matter, just install the fuck with pip install thefuck