Issue installing Inky package to PRI Venv folder

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I’ve created a Venv folder and run curl https://get.pimoroni.com/inky | bash

Everything seems to install fine until I get to the following: I don’t understand why I’m getting the externally-managed-environment error since I’m installing from a virtual folder

Inky pHAT & wHAT comes with examples and documentation that you may wish to install.
Performing a full install will ensure those resources are installed,
along with all required dependencies. It may however take a while!

Do you wish to perform a full install? [y/N] y

Checking for dependencies…
python3-numpy is already installed
python3-pil is already installed
python3-lxml is already installed
python3-smbus is already installed

Installing Inky pHAT & wHAT library for Python 3…

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.
Python 3 library install failed!
If problems persist, visit forums.pimoroni.com for support

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If you’re using the latest version of PI OS (Bookworm) you might have better luck following the install instructions in this PR: Port to gpiod for Bookworm/Pi 5 and beyond by Gadgetoid · Pull Request #182 · pimoroni/inky · GitHub .

This updated installer is still a WIP so our software team would love to know how you get on with it!