Install and setup useful applications with pipx#
It is good to install globally few applications useful for developing with Python. We will show here how it can be done with pipx.
Note
Pipx installs applications in isolated and dedicated virtual environments, and it is completely transparent for the users.
Install pipx#
One first needs to install Pipx itself. Some installation methods can be:
py -m pip install pipx
Install directly with Python:
python3 -m pip install pipx
or with:
brew install pipx
python3 -m pip install pipx --break-system-packages
Finalize the installation by running:
py -m pipx ensurepath
python3 -m pipx ensurepath --prepend
python3 -m pipx ensurepath --prepend
Install and setup Mercurial#
We explain here how to use Pipx to install Mercurial.
Install and setup xonsh#
# a shell much user friendly that bash
pipx install 'xonsh[full]'
pipx inject xonsh xontrib-vox xontrib-argcomplete
One can setup xonsh by running xonfig web and then adding the line
xontrib load coreutils vox in the file ~/.xonshrc.
Install PDM, Nox and mdformat#
Finally, let’s add few other applications with pipx:
# https://pdm-project.org
pipx install pdm
pipx install nox
pipx install mdformat
pipx inject mdformat mdformat-myst
pipx install pypi-timemachine
pipx install formattex
pipx install formatbibtex
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pipx install argcomplete
activate-global-python-argcomplete