pipcmd
pipcmd is a tool for installing and managing commands installed using pip.
Installing pipcmd
Installing pipcmd is as simple as installing the pipcmd script (./bin/pipcmd) in this source repository into a location in your `PATH. You will also need to set PATH to include the ${HOME}/.pipcmd/bin directory, which is where pipcmd will install commands.
Using pipcmd
If the command you want to install is provided with a project with the same name as the command, simply ask pipcmd to install the project:
$ pipcmd install tox
Installing tox from tox[latest] using python
New python executable in /Users/wsanchez/.pipcmd/env/tox/latest/bin/python
Installing setuptools, pip, wheel...done.
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Installing collected packages: virtualenv, pluggy, six, py, tox
Successfully installed pluggy-0.6.0 py-1.5.2 six-1.11.0 tox-2.9.1 virtualenv-15.1.0If a project provides a command with a different name, or mutiple commands, add the names of the commands to install:
$ pipcmd install twisted trial twist
Installing trial twist from twisted[latest] using python
New python executable in /Users/wsanchez/.pipcmd/env/twisted/latest/bin/python
Installing setuptools, pip, wheel...done.
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Installing collected packages: incremental, hyperlink, constantly, zope.interface, attrs, six, Automat, twisted
Successfully installed Automat-0.6.0 attrs-17.4.0 constantly-15.1.0 hyperlink-17.3.1 incremental-17.5.0 six-1.11.0 twisted-17.9.0 zope.interface-4.4.3Note that pipcmd does not attempt to install every command provided by a project. This avoids adding unwanted commands to your path, and in cases where a command name is used by multiple projects, it lets you be specific about which to install.
You can list the installed commands:
$ pipcmd list
tox (from tox[latest])
trial (from twisted[latest])
twist (from twisted[latest])
