gh-72327: Suggest using system terminal for pip install in PyREPL (#136328)

Users new to Python packaging often try to use pip from the REPL only to
be met with a confusing SyntaxError. If this happens, guide the user to
use a system terminal instead to invoke pip.

Closes #72327

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Co-authored-by: Tom Viner <tom@viner.tv>
Co-authored-by: Brian Schubert <brianm.schubert@gmail.com>
Co-authored-by: Hugo van Kemenade <1324225+hugovk@users.noreply.github.com>
Co-authored-by: Alyssa Coghlan <ncoghlan@gmail.com>
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@ -27,6 +27,7 @@
import linecache
from dataclasses import dataclass, field
import os.path
import re
import sys
@ -195,7 +196,19 @@ def runsource(self, source, filename="<input>", symbol="single"):
ast.PyCF_ONLY_AST,
incomplete_input=False,
)
except (SyntaxError, OverflowError, ValueError):
except SyntaxError as e:
# If it looks like pip install was entered (a common beginner
# mistake), provide a hint to use the system command prompt.
if re.match(r"^\s*(pip3?|py(thon3?)? -m pip) install.*", source):
e.add_note(
"The Python package manager (pip) can only be used"
" outside of the Python REPL.\n"
"Try the 'pip' command in a separate terminal or"
" command prompt."
)
self.showsyntaxerror(filename, source=source)
return False
except (OverflowError, ValueError):
self.showsyntaxerror(filename, source=source)
return False
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