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How to install up-to-date python for a user only? (slrpnk.net)

submitted 1 month ago by boredsquirrel@slrpnk.net to c/linux@lemmy.ml

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You know, immutable enterprise systems.

I installed HeliumOS (Almalinux bootc) on a corebooted Chromebook. Works really well, but audio needs to be configured.

The script needs a recent python which is not available there.

Go and rust can be installed for a user only. Is there something similar for python?

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[–] flashgnash@lemm.ee 6 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago) (15 children)

If you can install nix (you can install it per user) then you can have whatever you want in a temporary shell with nix-shell -p python

nix profile install nixpkgs#python if you want it actually installed

Home manager is also entirely user level I believe and lets you use a declarative config too

[–] Shareni@programming.dev 1 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago) (10 children)

Home-manager > nix profile

Also, nix-shell is supposed to be used for debugging, and nix shell/develop for using packages without installing them

[–] flashgnash@lemm.ee 1 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago) (1 children)

Does home manager work standalone without having nix first? I've never installed it on non-nixos

Nix shell is absolutely for running packages without installing them it literally tells you to do that in the terminal hint

Nix run iirc only works with flakes

[–] Shareni@programming.dev 1 points 4 weeks ago* (last edited 4 weeks ago) (1 children)

No, it builds on top of nix. But it seems like the only real option for declarative package management.

Nix shell and nix-shell are different commands

https://discourse.nixos.org/t/nix-shell-nix-shell-and-nix-develop/25964/4

Nix run iirc only works with flakes

So does nix shell

[–] flashgnash@lemm.ee 1 points 4 weeks ago (1 children)

nix shell -p works without flakes enabled

[–] Shareni@programming.dev 1 points 4 weeks ago (1 children)

$ nix shell -p python
error: unrecognised flag '-p'
Try 'nix --help' for more information.

[–] flashgnash@lemm.ee 1 points 4 weeks ago* (last edited 4 weeks ago)

Sorry I meant nix-shell -p, I didn't read your original comment properly apparently

It's definitely an option as op wants to run one script from the sounds of it, nix-shell not nix shell is perfect for that

It's a bit needlessly confusing that there are two entirely separate commands with the same name and thought you were talking about the original one

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