Is there any way globally run pex? I am trying to ...
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curved-farmer-66180
03/01/2023, 3:44 AMIs there any way globally run pex? I am trying to create pex binary and want to add bin folder to execute anywhere in my mac. What is the option that I can do?
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enough-analyst-54434
03/01/2023, 3:52 AMIf I understand correctly this is not a PEX question at all. For any binary at all, it needs to be in one of the directories in your
PATH~/bin~/.local/binPATHc
curved-farmer-66180
03/01/2023, 3:58 AMI was just curious that how people execute pex globally or there is any way standard way do to do. thanks @enough-analyst-54434
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enough-analyst-54434
03/01/2023, 3:58 AMPex the tool or PEX files created by Pex the tool?
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curved-farmer-66180
03/01/2023, 4:00 AMWhat I want to do is to create sort of cli created by pex and I want to distribute locally. something like homebrew..
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enough-analyst-54434
03/01/2023, 4:01 AMOk. So how do you do this for any other Python tool?
enough-analyst-54434
03/01/2023, 4:01 AMI personally just:
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python -mvenv ~/bin/pex.venv
~/bin/pex.venv/bin/pip install -U pex
cd ~/bin
ln -s pex.venv/bin/pexenough-analyst-54434
03/01/2023, 4:02 AMThen I run
~/bin/pex.venv/bin/pip install -U pexenough-analyst-54434
03/01/2023, 4:03 AMHere, `~/bin`is on my
PATHenough-analyst-54434
03/01/2023, 4:03 AMSome people like
pipxenough-analyst-54434
03/01/2023, 4:04 AMYou can also download a Pex PEX from releases: https://github.com/pantsbuild/pex/releases
Just mark it executable and place on your
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curved-farmer-66180
03/01/2023, 4:06 AMlet me try!
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