Request: Add Python package: pipx

[Marco Atzeri]

On 12/01/2026 10:07, Marco Atzeri wrote:
> On 11/01/2026 04:11, Ross Patterson via Cygwin wrote:
>> Please add a `python3-pipx` package to the central Cygwin package 
>> repo/index.
>>
>> Running `# pip3 install ...` in Debian-based distributions now fails
>> with a warning about breaking the system Python installation and that
>> warning message, following the PyPA itself, blesses `# pipx install
>> --global` as the way to install python packages system-wide (or on the
>> user's PATH) without breaking the system python installation or other
>> locally installed Python packages. It, much like `$ tox`, is a
>> meta-python tool that many users will find useful, if not depend on,
>> that must be installed globally/per-user and not per-project.
>>
>> Thank you for your consideration,
>> Ross
>>
> 
> Noted.

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