[Python] How can I setup my Virtual Environment so it is not externally managed on a Raspberry...

Input:

cd path/to/project
sudo python3 -m venv .venv
source .venv/bin/activate
sudo pip install -r requirements.txt


Output:

error: externally-managed-environment

× This environment is externally managed
╰─> To install Python packages system-wide, try apt install
python3-xyz, where xyz is the package you are trying to
install.

If you wish to install a non-Debian-packaged Python package,
create a virtual environment using python3 -m venv path/to/venv.
Then use path/to/venv/bin/python and path/to/venv/bin/pip. Make
sure you have python3-full installed.

For more information visit http://rptl.io/venv

note: If you believe this is a mistake, please contact your Python installation or OS distribution provider. You can override this, at the risk of breaking your Python installation or OS, by passing --break-system-packages.
hint: See PEP 668 for the detailed specification.


I am trying to download the required packages on my Raspberry Pi for a project. I understand that there are very similar questions out there (e.g. How do I solve "error: externally-managed-environment" every time I use pip 3?, pip install -r requirements.txt is failing: "This environment is externally managed"). However, in my case, I believe I have already created and started the virtual environment in my project directory. Is my virtual environment setup incorrectly, or is there something else that I am missing?

If it helps, the requirements.txt file includes the following:

mysql-connector-python==9.4.0

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