prodigy installation under Ubuntu 24.04 LTS

1

I have a fresh install of Ubuntu 24.04, and wish to install Prodigy (and a lot of other software) using
pip install prodigy -f https://XXXX-XXXX-XXXX-XXXX@download.prodi.gy
That doesn't work, the error message I get is

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.

I obviously can install everything in a virtual environment, but that is annoying to say the least. Is there a way around the error message, or should I use the annoying path?

Suggestions welcome

Andreas

2

The problem is also addressed here,

https://stackoverflow.com/questions/75608323/how-do-i-solve-error-externally-managed-environment-every-time-i-use-pip-3

as far as I'm concerned the topic is closed

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Thanks for sharing your solution @aph61 !