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On my system (Raspbian Buster, raspberry pi CM4), packages installed with 'pip3 install ' are not available when I run 'sudo python3':

$ pip3 freeze |grep numpy
numpy==1.21.5
$ sudo python3
Python 3.7.3 (default, Jan 22 2021, 20:04:44)
[GCC 8.3.0] on linux
Type "help", "copyright", "credits" or "license" for more information.
>>> import numpy
Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "<stdin>", line 1, in <module>
ModuleNotFoundError: No module named 'numpy'

There is also a difference in the output of 'pip3 freeze' and 'sudo pip3 freeze':

$ pip3 freeze |grep numpy
numpy==1.21.5
$ sudo pip3 freeze |grep numpy
<no output>

Both run from the same executable ('/usr/bin/pip3' and '/usr/bin/python3') so how come the environments of these 2 users are different?

Is there a way to use 'sudo python3' and still get the packages installed with the user environment?

p.s: I know about virtualenv, but I would prefer not to use it if possible

Almog-at-Nailo
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compare output of

python3 -m site

and

sudo python3 -m site

you can find an absolute path to module files with a command

python -c "import numpy as _; print(_.__path__)"
4snok
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