I noticed that the user argument as noticed in the description seems to be incorrect. https://svnweb.freebsd.org/ports/head/devel/py-pip/pkg-message?limit_changes=0&view=markup&pathrev=508835 Installed from pkg repository: py37-pip # pip --user Usage: pip <command> [options] no such option: --user The correct argument seems to be: pip --isolated