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On 05Oct2024 22:27, Ulrich Goebel <ml@fam-goebel.de> wrote:
>Debian (or even Python3 itself) doesn't allow to pip install required 
>packages system wide,

This is gnerally a good thing. You might modify a critical system-used 
package.

>But is it right, that I have to do that for every single user?

No. Just make a shared virtualenv, eg in /usr/local or /opt somewhere.
Have the script commence with:

     #!/path/to/the/shred/venv/bin/python

and make it readable and executable.

Problem solved.

Cheers,
Cameron Simpson <cs@cskk.id.au>