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#pipx seems to have gotten extremely verbose since the last time I reinstalled on the last rc candidatea few weeks ago.

Jury is still out on whether that's a good or bad thing. *shrug*

#Python

Wow, pipx now uses Astral's uv as its default backend if it is installed. If it uses uv, then what do I even need pipx for? 😅

To get the old behaviour back, you need to set `PIPX_DEFAULT_BACKEND` to `pip`. The docs consider having uv installed an opt-in to using it by default. 🙈

(edit: clarified)

#Python #pipx #pip #uv

RE: https://mamot.fr/@denissalem/116727062417331210

Lately I was complaining about the removal of #pipx from official #gentoo repository. It obviously doesn't disallow me to use #pipx by installing it through #pip …
🤡

The removal was certainly justified.

What struck me here is that it is now advised to use #astral_uv in replacement.

Which may be a great software … BUT

But now I need to compile an entire #Rust compiler which is itself a non trivial package for a source based distro …

Does #devs are aware of the concept of #minimalism …?

Kinda late but... Whoa, that's harsh. Maybe it's fair. I don't know. What I know is that python package management is still a mess in 2026. This is painful for devs and end users ...

The fact that the current miracle solution comes from #rust is a bit sad since python ecosystem is still unable to have a proper, unified and official package management ...

#gentoo #python #pipx #astral_uv

Es gibt eine neue Version von meinem https://github.com/jedie/victron-ble2mqtt Projekt: Hab die vorgeschlagene installation vereinfacht. Nun einfach per #pipx installieren ;)

"""
Emit MQTT events from Victron Energy Solar Charger via victron-ble bluetooth lib
"""

#VictronEnergy #SmartSolar #Python #MQTT #HomeAssistent

A new blog post by me:

"List outdated packages in Python's pipx without upgrading"

Solving a papercut in pipx with a small bash function.

https://suburbanalities.blogspot.com/2026/03/list-outdated-packages-in-pythons-pipx.html

#Python #pipx #papercut #Blog #Suburbanalities #Bash

Well, the upgrade to #Fedora43 was almost uneventful. There was a minor issue with #wine, but everything went well after I uninstalled and reinstalled it.

Some font options were reset to the default, so everything looked "too big" after rebooting. I also had to reinstall all my #pipx packages. But that's it.

I could have waited a couple of weeks to upgrade, but I thought, "Meh, whatever, it's not #Windows." and went ahead :akkosmile2:

#Linux #Fedora #FedoraLinux

Not that anyone has asked, or cares, about my podunk, backwater processes. There's a few reasons why I haven't migrated my #Python work to use #uv

1. I don't care about performance. My work is done on a potato machine and it won't make much difference, to me. For now.
2. I prefer to keep the VC funded company Astral at arms length, pay attention, and see how the tool development plays out.
3. I actually like watching individual projects like #pyenv #pipx and the rest. How they work as a community, handle bugs and new features.

I did the same with the flake8 module projects before I commited to using ruff several years ago. YMMV

Huh. This is a new one.

Somehow, I've managed to pollute my #Python pip userspace with a bunch of packages from a #Poetry project I normally work on.

Fortunately, I could just easily rebuild with #pyenv and #pipx. Just kinda weird that it happened in the first place. I might have to go back to explicitly using `poetry shell` for isolation. *shrug*

Just a little note for anyone interested...

Running ```pip-audit``` revealed a #vulnerability in pip25.2 with no #PyPI database update available yet.

The immediate fix is a manual patch update to pip 25.3.dev0 - #Development version.

#python #python3 #pip #pip3 #pipx #security

Instalarea și utilizarea pipx în Linux

https://comunitatealinux.ro/instalarea-si-utilizarea-pipx-in-linux/

#OpenSUSE in AWS still has python3.6 as system python. Every time I use a python tool and ran into python3.6 and python3.9+ compatibility issues, my heart sinks a little. I know, there are solutions like #uv, #venv, #pipx, #docker, #nix etc!

With #rust you sweat (and cry) during development but with #python (and #js), you sweat (and cry) after deployment!

I'll die on the former hill rather than the later. Thank you!

Throughout the years, I switched from #conda -> #pyenv + #poetry -> #uv, and I think I'm finally settling down now. uv made me even ditch #pipx as a global #python tool manager. The #astral folks have done a really superb job 🐍 🦀

Updating my #Manjaro updated the system's #Python to 3.13, yay!

It broke my #ThonnyIDE which was installed via #pipx, and I'm having torebuild a lot of stuff, not good!

@[email protected] @[email protected] Если это софтина, а не библиотека то попробуй #pipx https://github.com/pypa/pipx

Я им пользовался, удобно.

@forse

Can you try installing it with `pipx` instead?

pipx will create a Python virtualenv just for that program, and install all of its dependencies into that virtual environment. It can then run independently of any system-level versions of those same packages that are installed *for the distro-shipped Python tools*.

The version pipx installs can be upgraded (or left alone) completely independently of OS updates.

#pip #pipx #virtualenv

An improved method of checking for outdated #pipx packages that excludes dev or alpha packages.

Courtesy of: https://github.com/pypa/pipx/issues/149#issuecomment-2342748206

#python #PackageManagement

Python-Pakete selbst veröffentlichen

In diesem Artikel lernst du, wie du Python-Pakete erstellst, sicher verwaltest und auf PyPI veröffentlichst.

#Python #pip #pipx #pypi.org #Sicherheit #Pakete #Bibliotheken #Skripte #Linux

https://gnulinux.ch/python-pakete-selbst-veröffentlichen

If I remember correctly, I couldn't get a file dependency working like `pipx run` for local development purposes, but the newest version of `uv` seems to work as I would expect.

#Python #PEP723 #uv #pip #pipx

Modern Good Practices for Python Development

An outline of best practices for #Python development, including using tools like #pyenv, #pipx or Development Containers for managing Python versions. It also recommends using pyproject.toml for project configuration, virtual environments for package management, and tools like Black, #Ruff, and #pytest for code formatting, linting, and testing.

#PythonBestPractices #PythonDevelopment #PythonTools #PythonProgramming

https://www.stuartellis.name/articles/python-modern-practices/