Tools: Simplify the installation of python3-venv

[cclauss]

Summary

python3-venv works on all currently supported Debian and Ubuntu distros, so let's simplify the installation logic.

Classification & Testing (check all that apply and add your own)

• Checked by a human programmer
• Non-functional change
• No-binary change
• Infrastructure change (e.g. unit tests, helper scripts)
• Automated test(s) verify changes (e.g. unit test, autotest)
• Tested manually, description below (e.g. SITL)
• Tested on hardware
• Logs attached
• Logs available on request

Description

ubuntu:jammy and debian:bullseye also work the same way. Should we change them as well?

Also,

pip install -U can be quite opaque to readers because pip install currently has six --u* options, including --user.

pip install --upgrade makes the intention clearer in code that others will read.

% python3 -m pip install --help | grep "\-\-u"

  --user                      Install to the Python user install directory for
  -U, --upgrade               Upgrade all specified packages to the newest
  --upgrade-strategy <upgrade_strategy>
  --use-pep517                Use PEP 517 for building source distributions
  --use-feature <feature>     Enable new functionality, that may be backward
  --use-deprecated <feature>  Enable deprecated functionality, that will be

% python3 -m pip install --help | grep "\-\-f"

  --force-reinstall           Reinstall all packages even if they are already
                              at --find-links URLs
  -f, --find-links <url>      If a URL or path to an html file, then parse for

How was this tested?

% docker run -it ubuntu:noble

# apt update && \
    DEBIAN_FRONTEND=noninteractive apt install --yes lsb-release python3-venv && \
    lsb_release -ds && \
    python3 -m venv --upgrade-deps .venv && \
    source .venv/bin/activate && 
    python -V && \
    pip -V



Ubuntu 24.04.4 LTS
Python 3.12.3
pip 26.0.1 from /.venv/lib/python3.12/site-packages/pip (python 3.12)

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% docker run -it debian:bookworm

Debian GNU/Linux 12 (bookworm)
Python 3.11.2
pip 26.0.1 from /.venv/lib/python3.11/site-packages/pip (python 3.11)

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% docker run -it ubuntu:jammy

Ubuntu 22.04.5 LTS
Python 3.10.12
pip 26.0.1 from /.venv/lib/python3.10/site-packages/pip (python 3.10)

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% docker run -it debian:bullseye

Debian GNU/Linux 11 (bullseye)
Python 3.9.2
pip 26.0.1 from /.venv/lib/python3.9/site-packages/pip (python 3.9)

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Note

This month, Plucky will probably disappear from https://ports.ubuntu.com/ubuntu-ports/dists

[Ryanf55]

Manual tests look good, nice.