pixi global install

About

Installs the defined packages in a globally accessible location and exposes their command line applications.

Tip

Running osx-64 on Apple Silicon will install the Intel binary but run it using Rosetta

pixi global install --platform osx-64 ruff

After using global install, you can use the package you installed anywhere on your system.

Usage

pixi global install [OPTIONS] <PACKAGE>...

Arguments

• <PACKAGE>

  Specifies the package that should be installed
  May be provided more than once.
  required: true

Options

• --channel (-c) <CHANNEL>

  The channels to consider as a name or a url. Multiple channels can be specified by using this field multiple times
  May be provided more than once.

• --platform (-p) <PLATFORM>

  The platform to install the packages for

• --environment (-e) <ENVIRONMENT>

  Ensures that all packages will be installed in the same environment

• --expose <EXPOSE>

  Add one or more mapping which describe which executables are exposed. The syntax is exposed_name=executable_name, so for example python3.10=python. Alternatively, you can input only an executable_name and executable_name=executable_name is assumed
  May be provided more than once.

• --with <WITH>

  Add additional dependencies to the environment. Their executables will not be exposed
  May be provided more than once.

• --force-reinstall

  Specifies that the environment should be reinstalled

• --no-shortcut

  Specifies that no shortcuts should be created for the installed packages

Config Options

• --tls-no-verify

  Do not verify the TLS certificate of the server

• --auth-file <AUTH_FILE>

  Path to the file containing the authentication token

• --pypi-keyring-provider <PYPI_KEYRING_PROVIDER>

  Specifies whether to use the keyring to look up credentials for PyPI
  options: disabled, subprocess

• --concurrent-solves <CONCURRENT_SOLVES>

  Max concurrent solves, default is the number of CPUs

• --concurrent-downloads <CONCURRENT_DOWNLOADS>

  Max concurrent network requests, default is 50

Description

Installs the defined packages in a globally accessible location and exposes their command line applications.

Example:

• pixi global install starship nushell ripgrep bat
• pixi global install jupyter --with polars
• pixi global install --expose python3.8=python python=3.8
• pixi global install --environment science --expose jupyter --expose ipython jupyter ipython polars

Examples

pixi global install ruff
# Multiple packages can be installed at once
pixi global install starship rattler-build
# Specify the channel(s)
pixi global install --channel conda-forge --channel bioconda trackplot
# Or in a more concise form
pixi global install -c conda-forge -c bioconda trackplot

# Support full conda matchspec
pixi global install python=3.9.*
pixi global install "python [version='3.11.0', build_number=1]"
pixi global install "python [version='3.11.0', build=he550d4f_1_cpython]"
pixi global install python=3.11.0=h10a6764_1_cpython

# Install for a specific platform, only useful on osx-arm64
pixi global install --platform osx-64 ruff

# Install a package with all its executables exposed, together with additional packages that don't expose anything
pixi global install ipython --with numpy --with scipy

# Install into a specific environment name and expose all executables
pixi global install --environment data-science ipython jupyterlab numpy matplotlib

# Expose the binary under a different name
pixi global install --expose "py39=python3.9" "python=3.9.*"