Installing Pipx on Ubuntu
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I recently paired up with another dev running windows with Ubuntu running in wsl, and we had a bit of a stuggle to get our project off the ground because...

Date: January 10, 2022

I recently paired up with another dev running windows with Ubuntu running in wsl, and we had a bit of a stuggle to get our project off the ground because they were missing com system dependencies to get going.

Straight in the terminal
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Open up a terminal and get your required system dependencies using the apt package manager and the standard ubuntu repos.

[code]
  sudo apt update
  sudo apt upgrade
  sudo apt install \
        python3-dev \
        python3-pip \
        python3-venv \
        python3-virtualenv
  pip install pipx

Using an Ansible-Playbook
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I like running things like this through an ansible-playbook as it give me some extra control and repeatability next time I have a new machine to setup.

[code]
  - hosts: localhost
    gather_facts: true
    become: true
    become_user: "{{ lookup('env', 'USER') }}"
  
    pre_tasks:
      - name: update repositories
        apt: update_cache=yes
        become_user: root
        changed_when: False
    vars:
      user: "{{ ansible_user_id }}"
    tasks:
      - name: Install System Packages 1 (terminal)
        become_user: root
        apt:
          name:
            - build-essential
            - python3-dev
            - python3-pip
            - python3-venv
            - python3-virtualenv
      - name: check is pipx installed
        shell: command -v pipx
        register: pipx_exists
        ignore_errors: yes
  
      - name: pipx
        when: pipx_exists is failed
        pip:
          name: pipx
        tags:
          - pipx

video clip
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Here is a clip of me getting pipx running on ubuntu 21.10, and running a few of my favorite pipx commands.

Image: installation video <https://images.waylonwalker.com/pipx-install-ubuntu.gif>