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> pipx is a solution without a problem It is a solution to the problem of: how do I run something without having to install it into my user environment and hav
by zohch 5y ago
> pipx is a solution without a problem
It is a solution to the problem of: how do I run something without having to install it into my user environment and having to worry if it conflicts with package versions used by other things in my user environment. I often use it for simple code demos, share a pipx command to run code from some github repo I made to show how something can be done in python.
And it does not require any special consideration from package maintainers.
- crad 5y agoWhich was already a solved problem.
- Too 5y agoTechnically yes, UX-wise no. Nobody wants to fiddle with python -m venv + source bin/activate manually just to install and use a command line utility. That said, you could probably reinvent pipx with 10 lines of shell-script and get 90% of it's utility.