I am using *Python 3.13* in a virtual environment under *Ubuntu Linux 24.04* . The version of Python was compiled from source code and installed with make altinstall. I attempted to use *pip* to install the *Sphinx* package into the virtual environment using the command *pip install sphinx* in the virtual environment*.* I expected that *sphinx* would be installed in the *site-packages* directory in the virtual environment. Instead, it was installed into the site-packages directory in */home/jonathan/.locals/lib/python3.13/site-packages* even though I did not specify *--user* to the *pip install* command. Is this expected behavior? I wanted Sphinx to be installed in the virtual environment so that it would be accessible to all users of the virtual environment.
-- Jonathan Gossage -- https://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list
