pip install --ignore-installed --user setuptools still tries to uninstall system version · Issue #1851 · pypa/pip (original) (raw)

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Hi guys, running of the 1.6dev1 version of pip when I try

pip install --user setuptools

it still tries to uninstall the system version of distribute if its too old. The situation is not resolved by adding either (or both) of --upgrade or --ignore-installed.

I think it boils down to the hack here: https://github.com/pypa/pip/blob/develop/pip/req/req_set.py#L563 which doesn't check for --ignore-installed.

I'm not so familiar with the pip code or workflow, so I'll happily be told I'm completely wrong.