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ERROR: pip's dependency resolver does not currently take into account all the packages that are installed. This behaviour is the source of the following dependency conflicts. mypackage 1.0 requires otherpackage<2.0, but you have otherpackage 2.1 which is incompatible.

ID: python/pip-dependency-conflict

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80%Fix Rate
85%Confidence
0Evidence
2024-08-01First Seen

Version Compatibility

VersionStatusIntroducedDeprecatedNotes
3.8 active — — —
3.9 active — — —
3.10 active — — —
3.11 active — — —
3.12 active — — —

Root Cause

Installed packages have conflicting version requirements that pip cannot automatically resolve.

generic

中文

已安装的包存在冲突的版本要求，pip 无法自动解决。

Workarounds

  1. 90% success Create a new virtual environment and install compatible versions 
    python -m venv fresh_env && source fresh_env/bin/activate && pip install mypackage==1.0 otherpackage==1.9
  2. 85% success Use pip-tools to resolve dependencies 
    pip install pip-tools && pip-compile requirements.in && pip-sync requirements.txt

Dead Ends

Common approaches that don't work:

  1. Running pip install --upgrade mypackage 75% fail

    Upgrading mypackage may still require the conflicting version of otherpackage.

  2. Ignoring the warning and continuing 60% fail

    The conflict may cause runtime import errors or unexpected behavior.