Python - 从 cli 运行 pip 安装 package

Question

I just came across a pip package I want to use however I'm new to python and PIP and not sure - is it possible to run that directly from terminal/the command line. If so, I can't seem to find the syntac to run a pip package.

So I installed pip using:

curl https://bootstrap.pypa.io/get-pip.py -o get-pip.py

then

python get-pip.py

I then checked installation, by the command python -m pip

I then installed the package like:

python -m pip install openapi-cli-tool

Anyhow, as per the docs of that package I though I could just do:

openapi-cli-tool bundle -t html file1.json file2.yaml` > ./specification.html

Which didn't work, neither did this:

python -p pip openapi-cli-tool bundle -t html file1.json file2.yaml` > ./specification.html

Any help in explaining how this works would be appreciated.

Answer 1

You have to install it with pip, run command below:

pip install openapi-cli-tool

Then openapi-cli-tool will be available in your terminal, so you shall be able to run command, the command below is with correction of parameters passing:

Make sure you have file1.json and file2.yaml in file system.

openapi-cli-tool bundle -t html file1.json file2.yaml` > ./specification.html

Answer 2

python -m pip install

Installs the package to the user's local directory (iirc)

So, you can access it from ~/.local/bin/ , like this:

~/.local/bin/openapi-cli-tool bundle -t html file1.json file2.yaml` > ./specification.html

You can add ~/.local/bin to your path by

export PATH=$PATH:$HOME/.local/bin

and probably add that line to your .bashrc or it's equivalent.

Then, you can access it by just openapi-cli-tool bundle