Merge pull request #69 from ShaneMcC/issue-66

Fix for externally-managed python on later ubuntu/debian installs.

tasks/debian12.yml

@@ -1,13 +0,0 @@
----
-# Remove EXTERNALLY-MANAGED file if we're on Debian12
-# Related issue: https://github.com/geerlingguy/ansible-role-pip/issues/57
-- name: Get python3 version installed
-  ansible.builtin.command: python3 --version
-  register: py3ver
-  changed_when: false
-
-- name: Remove EXTERNALLY-MANAGED
-  ansible.builtin.file:
-    path: /usr/lib/python3.11/EXTERNALLY-MANAGED
-    state: absent
-  when: py3ver is defined and py3ver.stdout.find("3.11") != -1

tasks/main.yml

@@ -1,15 +1,14 @@
 ---
-- name: Remove externally managed from Debian 12
-  ansible.builtin.import_tasks: debian12.yml
-  when:
-    - ansible_distribution == "Debian"
-    - ansible_distribution_major_version|int >= 12
-
 - name: Ensure Pip is installed.
   package:
     name: "{{ pip_package }}"
     state: present
 
+- name: Remove EXTERNALLY-MANAGED
+  ansible.builtin.file:
+    path: /usr/lib/python3.{{ ansible_python.version.minor }}/EXTERNALLY-MANAGED
+    state: absent
+
 - name: Ensure pip_install_packages are installed.
   pip:
     name: "{{ item.name | default(item) }}"