Request: Add Python package: pipx

[Brian Inglis]

On 2026-01-21 23:18, Ross Patterson via Cygwin wrote:
> On Wed, Jan 21, 2026 at 10:04 PM Marco Atzeri <marco.atzeri@gmail.com> wrote:
>>
>> Plese reply on mailing list
> 
> Sorry, it's been a long time since posting to a mailing list, rusty.
> 
>> Have you tried to install "python39-tomli"
> 
> Maybe you missed the rest of that same email?:
> 
>> On 22/01/2026 00:18, Ross Patterson wrote:
>>
>> But the Python 3.12 version works:
>>
>> ```
>> $ pipx3.12 --help
>> usage: pipx3.12 [-h] [--quiet] [--verbose] [--global] [--version]
>>
>> {install,install-all,uninject,inject,pin,unpin,upgrade,upgrade-all,upgrade-shared,uninstall,uninstall-all,reinstall,reinstall-all,list,interpreter,run,runpip,ensurepath,environment,completions}
>>                  ...
>>
>> Install and execute apps from Python packages.
>> ...
>> ```
>>
>> After the obvious workaround, installing `python39-tomli`, that
>> version works too:
>>
>> ```
>> $ pipx3.9 --help
>> usage: pipx3.9 [-h] [--quiet] [--verbose] [--global] [--version]
>>                 {install,install-all,uninject,inject,pin,unpin,upgrade,upgrade-all,upgrade-shared,uninstall,uninstall-all,reinstall,reinstall-all,list,interpreter,run,runpip,ensurepath,environment,completions}
>>                 ...
>>
>> Install and execute apps from Python packages.
>> ...
>> ```
>>
>> I note that for Python 3.12 only the `python312-toml` package is
>> installed, so maybe a different dependency for the 2 Python versions?

See the PyPi docs on tomli - tomllib from tomli is standard in 3.11+ - tomli can 
be imported as tomllib for <= 3.10 - see compatibility notes also alternate toml 
parser performance comparisons.

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Take care. Thanks, Brian Inglis              Calgary, Alberta, Canada

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