Re: Request: Add Python package: pipx
Marco Atzeri via Cygwin <[email protected]>
| Newsgroups | gmane.os.cygwin |
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| Message-ID | <[email protected]> |
On 12/01/2026 10:07, Marco Atzeri wrote: > On 11/01/2026 04:11, Ross Patterson via Cygwin wrote: >> Please add a `python3-pipx` package to the central Cygwin package >> repo/index. >> >> Running `# pip3 install ...` in Debian-based distributions now fails >> with a warning about breaking the system Python installation and that >> warning message, following the PyPA itself, blesses `# pipx install >> --global` as the way to install python packages system-wide (or on the >> user's PATH) without breaking the system python installation or other >> locally installed Python packages. It, much like `$ tox`, is a >> meta-python tool that many users will find useful, if not depend on, >> that must be installed globally/per-user and not per-project. >> >> Thank you for your consideration, >> Ross >> > > Noted. Added -- Problem reports: https://cygwin.com/problems.html FAQ: https://cygwin.com/faq/ Documentation: https://cygwin.com/docs.html Unsubscribe info: https://cygwin.com/ml/#unsubscribe-simple