Difference between sudo -H pip install and pip --user install











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I am wondering what is the difference between those two commands (I feel they are identical):





  • sudo -H pip install <package>

  • pip --user install <package>





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From the sudo manpage: 



-H, --set-home

    Request that the security policy set the HOME environment

    variable to the home directory specified by the target user's

    password database entry. Depending on the policy, this may be

    the default behavior.


And the pip user guide: https://pip.pypa.io/en/stable/user_guide/






Related questions:
What is the difference between pip install and sudo pip install?
What is the purpose "pip install --user ..."? and
sudo pip install VS pip install --user

But neither of them talk about the sudo -H option or the precise difference bewteen the two.






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  • are identical if the user is root, the "--user" option install for current user only
    – ZiTAL
    14 hours ago










  • duplicated of: stackoverflow.com/questions/42988977/…
    – ZiTAL
    14 hours ago










  • This is not a duplicate. The other question has nothing about sudo in it.
    – Simon
    13 hours ago















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I am wondering what is the difference between those two commands (I feel they are identical):





  • sudo -H pip install <package>

  • pip --user install <package>





More informations:

From the sudo manpage: 



-H, --set-home

    Request that the security policy set the HOME environment

    variable to the home directory specified by the target user's

    password database entry. Depending on the policy, this may be

    the default behavior.


And the pip user guide: https://pip.pypa.io/en/stable/user_guide/






Related questions:
What is the difference between pip install and sudo pip install?
What is the purpose "pip install --user ..."? and
sudo pip install VS pip install --user

But neither of them talk about the sudo -H option or the precise difference bewteen the two.






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  • are identical if the user is root, the "--user" option install for current user only
    – ZiTAL
    14 hours ago










  • duplicated of: stackoverflow.com/questions/42988977/…
    – ZiTAL
    14 hours ago










  • This is not a duplicate. The other question has nothing about sudo in it.
    – Simon
    13 hours ago













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I am wondering what is the difference between those two commands (I feel they are identical):





  • sudo -H pip install <package>

  • pip --user install <package>





More informations:

From the sudo manpage: 



-H, --set-home

    Request that the security policy set the HOME environment

    variable to the home directory specified by the target user's

    password database entry. Depending on the policy, this may be

    the default behavior.


And the pip user guide: https://pip.pypa.io/en/stable/user_guide/






Related questions:
What is the difference between pip install and sudo pip install?
What is the purpose "pip install --user ..."? and
sudo pip install VS pip install --user

But neither of them talk about the sudo -H option or the precise difference bewteen the two.






python pip







share|improve this question















I am wondering what is the difference between those two commands (I feel they are identical):





  • sudo -H pip install <package>

  • pip --user install <package>





More informations:

From the sudo manpage: 



-H, --set-home

    Request that the security policy set the HOME environment

    variable to the home directory specified by the target user's

    password database entry. Depending on the policy, this may be

    the default behavior.


And the pip user guide: https://pip.pypa.io/en/stable/user_guide/






Related questions:
What is the difference between pip install and sudo pip install?
What is the purpose "pip install --user ..."? and
sudo pip install VS pip install --user

But neither of them talk about the sudo -H option or the precise difference bewteen the two.






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  • are identical if the user is root, the "--user" option install for current user only
    – ZiTAL
    14 hours ago










  • duplicated of: stackoverflow.com/questions/42988977/…
    – ZiTAL
    14 hours ago










  • This is not a duplicate. The other question has nothing about sudo in it.
    – Simon
    13 hours ago


















  • are identical if the user is root, the "--user" option install for current user only
    – ZiTAL
    14 hours ago










  • duplicated of: stackoverflow.com/questions/42988977/…
    – ZiTAL
    14 hours ago










  • This is not a duplicate. The other question has nothing about sudo in it.
    – Simon
    13 hours ago
















are identical if the user is root, the "--user" option install for current user only
– ZiTAL
14 hours ago




are identical if the user is root, the "--user" option install for current user only
– ZiTAL
14 hours ago












duplicated of: stackoverflow.com/questions/42988977/…
– ZiTAL
14 hours ago




duplicated of: stackoverflow.com/questions/42988977/…
– ZiTAL
14 hours ago












This is not a duplicate. The other question has nothing about sudo in it.
– Simon
13 hours ago




This is not a duplicate. The other question has nothing about sudo in it.
– Simon
13 hours ago












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sudo is short for 'superuser do'. It simply runs the command with root privileges, which may be useful if you are installing to a directory you normally wouldn't have access to.



However, in the examples you have given the two commands would function identically, as you don't need root privileges to pip install --user






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    sudo is short for 'superuser do'. It simply runs the command with root privileges, which may be useful if you are installing to a directory you normally wouldn't have access to.



    However, in the examples you have given the two commands would function identically, as you don't need root privileges to pip install --user






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