task that removes info of deb packages.

tasks/py3_deb.yml

@@ -19,6 +19,12 @@
     apt: name=python3-pip state={{ py3_env_pkgs_state }} update_cache=yes cache_valid_time=600
     when: ansible_distribution_version is version_compare('18.04', '>=')
 
+  - name: Remove info of deb python packages so that they can be upgraded using pip
+    file:
+      dest: '{{ item }}'
+      state: absent
+    loop: '{{ py3_deb_info_to_remove }}'
+
   - name: Install the correct pip3 version on Ubuntu < 18.04
     shell: python{{ py3_env_version }} -m ensurepip && pip{{ py3_env_version }} install --upgrade pip setuptools wheel
     when: ansible_distribution_version is version_compare('18.04', '<')

vars/main.yml

@@ -6,6 +6,10 @@ py3_env_mandatory_dpkg:
   - 'python{{ py3_env_version }}-venv'
   - 'python{{ py3_env_version }}-dev'
 
+# Ugly. Don't do that
+py3_deb_info_to_remove: []
+# - '/usr/lib/python3/dist-packages/geopandas-0.3.0.egg-info'
+
 py3_env_pip_default_pkgs:
   - 'pip'
   - 'setuptools'