Re: Defeat Python "Virtual Environment" in Fedora ?

Jon Ribbens <[email protected]> Wed, 11 Mar 2026 11:58:33 -0000 (UTC)

Newsgroups	comp.os.linux.misc,comp.lang.python
Organization	A noiseless patient Spider
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On 2026-03-11, c186282 <[email protected]> wrote:
> On 3/10/26 13:09, Jon Ribbens wrote:
>> This not only isn't true, it cannot be true, because *by definition*
>> if the environment you're seeing is the same one Python always sees
>> then it isn't a "virtual" environment, it's the system environment.
>
>    OK, tomorrow, HOW do I start a Py3 that's NOT in
>    the VENV ???

On any normal system, you type "python3".

>    Go ahead, search - I have. All the 'fixes' don't
>    work anymore.
>
>    Many say "no problem" - yet NO current workarounds.

The problem is you've consistently refused to explain why you think
it is in a "VENV", and what you actually mean by that.

Here's a guess: did you install python using dnf, snap or flatpak,
or something else? If you type "which python3", what does it say?