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pipx doesn't support local source dirs

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Describe the bug With regular pip, it’s possible to install packages not only from pypi but also from local dirs, for example if you’ve cloned a git repository to develop on it, it’s possible to run pip install /local/path/to/git/repository (especially with -e option, although it’s not always useful). But pipx fails when doing the same thing.

How to reproduce

% pipx install /local/path/to/git/repository
Not installing to existing directory '/local/path/to/git/repository'. Pass '--force' to force installation

Expected behavior The package should be installed in a venv like a pypi package.

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Created 3 years ago
Comments:5 (4 by maintainers)

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itsayellowcommented, Oct 4, 2020

I’m going to close this, but feel free to reopen it if you find the same problem on a recent version of pipx.

pipx certainly does support installing from a local path.

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itsayellowcommented, Sep 8, 2020

Hmm, version 0.12.3.1 is pretty ancient (It’s over a year and a half old). Please try installing a new version of pipx and try again, there have been many many improvements since that version.

You can follow the user-install instructions to install a new version of pipx just for your user: https://pipxproject.github.io/pipx/installation/

python3 -m pip install --user pipx
python3 -m pipx ensurepath

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