`pixi shell`#

About#

Start a shell in a pixi environment, run exit to leave the shell

pixi shell [OPTIONS]

--auth-file <AUTH_FILE>

Path to the file containing the authentication token
--concurrent-downloads <CONCURRENT_DOWNLOADS>

Max concurrent network requests, default is 50
--concurrent-solves <CONCURRENT_SOLVES>

Max concurrent solves, default is the number of CPUs
--pinning-strategy <PINNING_STRATEGY>

Set pinning strategy
options: semver, minor, major, latest-up, exact-version, no-pin
--pypi-keyring-provider <PYPI_KEYRING_PROVIDER>

Specifies whether to use the keyring to look up credentials for PyPI
options: disabled, subprocess
--run-post-link-scripts

Run post-link scripts (insecure)
--tls-no-verify

Do not verify the TLS certificate of the server
--use-environment-activation-cache

Use environment activation cache (experimental)
--change-ps1 <CHANGE_PS1>

Do not change the PS1 variable when starting a prompt
options: true, false
--force-activate

Do not use the environment activation cache. (default: true except in experimental mode)
--no-completions

Do not source the autocompletion scripts from the environment

--no-install

Don't modify the environment, only modify the lock-file
--frozen

Install the environment as defined in the lockfile, doesn't update lockfile if it isn't up-to-date with the manifest file
env: PIXI_FROZEN
--locked

Check if lockfile is up-to-date before installing the environment, aborts when lockfile isn't up-to-date with the manifest file
env: PIXI_LOCKED
--as-is

Shorthand for the combination of --no-install and --frozen

--manifest-path <MANIFEST_PATH>

The path to pixi.toml, pyproject.toml, or the workspace directory

pixi shell
pixi shell --manifest-path ~/myworkspace/pixi.toml
pixi shell --frozen
pixi shell --locked
pixi shell --environment cuda
exit