Installing on Ubuntu desktop 24.04

[justatroublemaker]

administrator@Pi-Hole:~/slm$ sudo ./slm.sh install
WARNING: Installing will overwrite any existing installation and user files.
Do you wish to continue? (Y/N): y
Beginning installation...
Process slm is not running.
Downloading Streaming Library Manager files...
Extracting Streaming Library Manager files...
Building Streaming Library Manager executable...
error: externally-managed-environment

Apparently this is due to a recent change to Ubuntu, any easy way to get around it? Already running pi-hole, plex, along with cdvr on this machine.

[babsonnexus]

Sounds like pip is being blocked by your external package manager. My first recommendation is get Docker installed and go down that route so you won't have any issues. But if you want to continue down the Linux path, here's some ideas where to start:

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

https://builtin.com/articles/error-externally-managed-environment

Some of these may require modifying the installer. Specifically, this line right here:

You'd have to make it:

$PIP_CMD install -r requirements.txt --break-system-packages

All the warnings you'll read in those links about using this method still apply.