@lanodan @prma @SuperDicq tbh using ~/.local/ is perfectly acceptable for pip, but it conplains that pacman is somehow in charge of the location actually which is just bullshit

and yeah, you have to use the "sure, break the system" flag to make it install stuff anyway

Tbh all I can think is that Python wants pip to be like node's npm with project-local dependencies which is just utter horseshit, there's a reason node_modules is memed to hell as being heavier than a black hole, and it's not because people like it