From a31d6482afaee04721bab6134ef024260ec23177 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Koushik Dutta <koushd@gmail.com>
Date: Thu, 8 Jun 2023 09:12:21 -0700
Subject: [PATCH] postbeta

---
 server/package-lock.json       |  4 ++--
 server/package.json            |  2 +-
 server/python/plugin_remote.py | 15 +++++++++++++--
 3 files changed, 16 insertions(+), 5 deletions(-)

diff --git a/server/package-lock.json b/server/package-lock.json
index 6eb1be3cd..dd12d9273 100644
--- a/server/package-lock.json
+++ b/server/package-lock.json
@@ -1,12 +1,12 @@
 {
   "name": "@scrypted/server",
-  "version": "0.36.0",
+  "version": "0.37.0",
   "lockfileVersion": 3,
   "requires": true,
   "packages": {
     "": {
       "name": "@scrypted/server",
-      "version": "0.36.0",
+      "version": "0.37.0",
       "license": "ISC",
       "dependencies": {
         "@mapbox/node-pre-gyp": "^1.0.10",
diff --git a/server/package.json b/server/package.json
index cc2a92605..ca296cc74 100644
--- a/server/package.json
+++ b/server/package.json
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 {
   "name": "@scrypted/server",
-  "version": "0.37.0",
+  "version": "0.38.0",
   "description": "",
   "dependencies": {
     "@mapbox/node-pre-gyp": "^1.0.10",
diff --git a/server/python/plugin_remote.py b/server/python/plugin_remote.py
index cd9315deb..6fa513d75 100644
--- a/server/python/plugin_remote.py
+++ b/server/python/plugin_remote.py
@@ -603,12 +603,23 @@ class PluginRemote:
                     f.write(requirements)
                     f.close()
 
-                    p = subprocess.Popen([
+                    try:
+                        pythonVersion = packageJson['scrypted']['pythonVersion']
+                    except:
+                        pythonVersion = None
+
+                    pipArgs = [
                         sys.executable,
                         '-m', 'pip', 'install', '-r', requirementstxt,
+                        # preevent uninstalling system packages
                         '--ignore-installed',
                         '--prefix', python_prefix
-                        ], stdout=subprocess.PIPE, stderr=subprocess.STDOUT)
+                    ]
+                    if pythonVersion:
+                        print('Specific Python verison requested. Forcing reinstall.')
+                        pipArgs.append('--force-reinstall')
+
+                    p = subprocess.Popen(pipArgs, stdout=subprocess.PIPE, stderr=subprocess.STDOUT)
 
                     while True:
                         line = p.stdout.readline()