--- # 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: 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]+')