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…working on adding a config file format. Then I lost the project due to a mishap with a pipx flag... https://github.com/pypa/pipx/issues/1324#issuecomment-211885... ;_; o7 One day maybe I'll come back and do it in Rust.

comment by mos_basik · 2025-12-22 · in The ancient monuments saluting the winter solstice

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story by LorenDB · 2025-02-04 · 2 comments

While we're posting not-nice things, I'll throw my current favorite out: pipx ( https://github.com/pypa/pipx ). I use Python's Poetry to build a wheel and then pipx to install it. Super-easy, barely an inconvenience :)

comment by MikeTheGreat · 2024-11-15 · in Pex: A tool for generating .pex (Python EXecutable) files, lock files and venvs

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story by tosh · 2023-12-15 · 0 comments

…. I recommend users to install my Python programs with pipx ( https://github.com/pypa/pipx ). I think it is the best option when the audience is at all technical. pipx makes such a big difference for managing Python appl

comment by networked · 2023-12-09 · in PysimpleGUI

thank you! That's amazingly helpful. I had no idea pipx was a thing For others: https://github.com/pypa/pipx It's also in the Fedora repos: dnf install -y pipx

comment by freedomben · 2023-12-08 · in JC converts the output of popular command-line tools to JSON

…in a temporary virtual environment, and run the script in that virtual environment. [1] https://github.com/pypa/pipx/pull/916

comment by Flimm · 2023-11-23 · in Pip.wtf: Inline dependencies for small Python scripts

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story by iscream26 · 2023-11-06 · 0 comments

You can try https://github.com/jaraco/pip-run or https://github.com/PyAr/fades (or eventually pipx: https://github.com/pypa/pipx/issues/913 ). They don't require a build step. For example, #! /usr/bin/env -S pip-run Jinja2==3.* from jinja2…

comment by networked · 2023-10-23 · in Show HN: Pypipe – A Python command-line tool for pipeline processing

…It makes the command available globally, but sandboxes the package in its own virtual environment. https://github.com/pypa/pipx

comment by duckmysick · 2023-09-21 · in Harlequin: DuckDB IDE for the terminal

pipx has merged, though not yet released, support for single-file scripts with dependencies ( https://github.com/pypa/pipx/issues/913 ). There is also pip-run ( https://github.com/jaraco/pip-run ) with similar functionality to the new…

comment by networked · 2023-08-15 · in Ask HN: Share a shell script you like

…and then weighing the options of binary/source/etc., instead of the other way around. Also, pipx ( https://github.com/pypa/pipx ) would be a good addition to the list. I'd add it but I'm not sure where it would go. Maybe every section?…

comment by pseufaux · 2023-03-08 · in List of software package management systems

…) to install programming languages/tooling, it works flawlessly. I use Pipx ( https://github.com/pypa/pipx ) to install python thingies (such as yt-dlp) as a cli. Go and Rust handle binaries in their languages beautifully and without is

comment by recuter · 2023-01-17 · in MacBook Pro featuring M2 Pro and M2 Max

pipx might get this ability: https://github.com/pypa/pipx/pull/916

comment by 1wd · 2023-01-15 · in Single-file scripts that download their dependencies

…but if your audience is somewhat developer-oriented, you can also propose for them to use pipx: https://github.com/pypa/pipx .

comment by japanuspus · 2023-01-04 · in Underappreciated challenges with Python packaging

…cause you lots of pain with library discovery. I felt so dumb after reinstalling it normally. [1]: https://github.com/pypa/pipx

comment by bronikowski · 2022-12-09 · in All in with Nuitka

…VMUX_EDITOR="nvim" export VMUX_GLOBAL="true" alias nvim=vmux [1] https://github.com/jceb/vmux/ [2] https://github.com/pypa/pipx/

comment by joshbode · 2022-08-13 · in Zellij: A terminal workspace with batteries included

…tools onto my system so they have their own virtualenv. 1: https://github.com/jazzband/pip-tools 2: https://github.com/pypa/pipx

comment by rsyring · 2022-04-28 · in Show HN: Hatch 1.0.0 – Modern, extensible Python project management

Looks good! Consider adding instructions to install it with https://github.com/pypa/pipx to not scare people not familiar with python dependency management.

comment by weastur · 2022-03-12 · in Show HN: tiptop

…they should) I used pipx [0] to install platformio. It's the best way to install a Python app. [0] https://github.com/pipxproject/pipx

comment by globular-toast · 2021-05-11 · in The Arduino IDE 2.0 beta

…are primarily exposing a command line script, alluded in the `start|build|whatever`, there is pipx https://github.com/pipxproject/pipx

comment by anewhnaccount2 · 2021-05-05 · in Cinder: Instagram's performance-oriented fork of CPython

…Python apps or spin up apps in ephemeral environments. [0]: https://github.com/pyenv/pyenv [1]: https://github.com/pipxproject/pipx

comment by brbsix · 2020-10-10 · in Magicimport.py: Python code that fetches its dependencies without complaining

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story by ausjke · 2020-04-12 · 0 comments

…on some random files in my current data analysis project. By the way, I installed it using pipx https://github.com/pipxproject/pipx by running `pipx install visidata`. To also read HDF and Excel files, I added the necessary packages by…

comment by rasmusei · 2020-03-23 · in OpenRefine – free, open source, powerful tool for working with messy data

…written by someone who doesn't know what they are doing and so you're going to have a bad time. 1. https://github.com/pipxproject/pipx

comment by orf · 2020-02-08 · in Python dicts are now ordered

…Likewise setuptools. For installing global command-line scripts, I like pipx instead of pip. https://github.com/pipxproject/pipx For development, I like Poetry instead of pip. https://poetry.eustace.io

comment by j88439h84 · 2019-11-02 · in Why to use ‘python -m pip’

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story by laktak · 2019-05-21 · 0 comments

…cli python tools in separate virtual environments and then being able to update them nicely: https://github.com/pipxproject/pipx So i meant `pip install --user pipx && pipx install magic-wormhole`

comment by hprotagonist · 2019-03-12 · in Firefox Send: Free encrypted file transfer service