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installation is broken on MacOS ?

See original GitHub issue

Describe the bug

Hi ! I attempted to install pipx following the instructions on Pypi

How to reproduce

brew install pipx
pipx ensurepath

output

Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "/usr/local/Cellar/pipx/0.15.4.0/libexec/bin/pipx", line 6, in <module>
    from pkg_resources import load_entry_point
ModuleNotFoundError: No module named 'pkg_resources'

Expected behavior Successful install ? 😃

my specs

macOS version Catalina 10.15.6 Homebrew 2.4.9

I’m happy to provide more specific details about my env if needed !

Issue Analytics

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Created 3 years ago
Comments:22 (12 by maintainers)

Top GitHub Comments

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itsayellowcommented, Aug 10, 2020

Why is brew install pipx recommended over python3 -m pip install pipx in the first place? I tried the latter on macOS before reading the docs and things seem to be working fine with python 3.7.7

@AlJohri knows more than I do about this, but among the advantages: brew install pipx installs pipx and its dependencies to its own isolated environment, so it doesn’t clutter up your main python installed packages (e.g. when you type pip list).

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gaborbernatcommented, Aug 11, 2020

python3 -m pip install pipx this can work just fine most of the time, fail horribly if the system python is read-only, cause random issues if pipx requires dependencies that are in conflict with other packages you’ve installed. We have not solved yet how to bootstrap pipx itself (something like curl https://get-pipx.zipapp && python3 get-pipx.zipapp to install pipx). Until we do using a operating system installer is your safest option.