roles/mgrote_pip_pre_tasks/tasks/main.yml

@@ -1,7 +1,15 @@
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-# Remove EXTERNALLY-MANAGED file if we're on Debian12
-# Related issue: https://github.com/geerlingguy/ansible-role-pip/issues/57
-- name: Remove EXTERNALLY-MANAGED
+# Remove EXTERNALLY-MANAGED file
+# Related issue: https://github.com/geerlingguy/ansible-role-pip/issues/57 + https://www.jeffgeerling.com/blog/2023/how-solve-error-externally-managed-environment-when-installing-pip3
+
+- name: Get Python 3.X version
+  ansible.builtin.command: python3 --version
+  register: pyver
+  changed_when: false
+  failed_when: pyver.rc != 0
+
+- name: Ignore PEP 668 because it's silly.
   ansible.builtin.file:
-    path: /usr/lib/python3.11/EXTERNALLY-MANAGED
     state: absent
+    path: "/usr/lib/python{{ pyver.stdout.split()[1] | regex_search('([0-9]+\\.[0-9]+)') }}/EXTERNALLY-MANAGED"
+  when: pyver.stdout | regex_search('3\.[0-9]+')