Re: Strategies for avoiding having to use --break-system-packages with pip

On 2025-01-14 11:32:35 +0000, Chris Green via Python-list wrote:

    Use a virtual environment, what do I have to do then to make using
    my program (that uses tkintertable) 'transparent', i.e. I just
    want to be able to run the program from the command prompt like
    any other program.

Just use the python interpreter in the venv in the hashbang line.

For example, here's the first line of one my scripts:

#!/usr/local/share/wds/venv/bin/python3

As you can probably guess, the venv is in /usr/local/share/wds/venv.

There is no need for wrapper scripts which activate the venv. Python
does that all by itself.

I have a small script, install-python[1], to assist with setting the
hashbang, but if it's just a few scripts you can simply edit it manually.

        hp

[1] https://git.hjp.at:3000/hjp/install-python/src/branch/master/install-python


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