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i know that portability is a bad issue with Python, but dang does NixOS have a suckass time of running Python and getting pip packages that aren't already in Nix

#NixOS #nix #python #complaining #tech

cat @catball5/15/2024, 7:29 AM

I found an answer that worked and wasn't horrible in a cohost comment after googling "nixos why is it so hard to use python"

thank you @ireneista !

let
  pkgs = import <nixpkgs> {};
  pythonPackages = pkgs.python3Packages;
in
pkgs.mkShell rec {
  venvDir = "./.venv";
  buildInputs = with pythonPackages; [
    python
    venvShellHook
  ];

  postVenvCreation = ''
    unset SOURCE_DATE_EPOCH
    pip install -r requirements.txt
  '';

  postShellHook = ''
    unset SOURCE_DATE_EPOCH
  '';
}

via https://cohost.org/leftpaddotpy/post/293118-man-python-developme

#NixOS #sometimes you just have to vent into a search engine to find what you need i guess?#nix #python

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M. Campbell @voidmoth5/15/2024, 7:29 AM

oh yeah python on nix sucks lol

cat @catball5/15/2024, 7:31 AM

it melts my brain that it was infinitely easier to rebuild my kernel from a release candidate branch with a bunch of stupid extra configuration than it was to install a dang pip package