Make the package installable and usable via `pipx`

yujinyuz commented 1 year ago

Thanks for this package! Currently using this right now to cleanup my hard drive.

Packages like flake8, pytest, ruff can be run in the cli just by typing their package name.

I noticed that this package does not do that and you have to cd into the directory where you installed this based on this issue: https://github.com/elisemercury/Duplicate-Image-Finder/issues/49

Try running pipx install ruff and it automatically creates a virtualenv and adds ruff to the $PATH and you can use it anywhere.

I think it would be great to have this package support it.

This is the output when I run pipx install difPy

pipx install difPy
Note: Dependent package 'numpy' contains 3 apps
  - f2py
  - f2py3
  - f2py3.11
Note: Dependent package 'fonttools' contains 4 apps
  - fonttools
  - pyftmerge
  - pyftsubset
  - ttx

elisemercury commented 10 months ago

Hi @yujinyuz,

Thanks for the feature suggestion! Indeed I agree this is a very handy feature. It will be implemented as part of the next difPy version which will be released shortly.

Thank you and best, Elise

elisemercury commented 10 months ago

Hi @yujinyuz,

After having done a bit more research, it turns out that it is not recommended to use pipx for libraries.

"If you are attempting to install a library, pipx should not be used. Consider using pip or a similar tool instead." See here.

Therefore this feature will not be implemented with difPy. Nonetheless, difPy v4 now comes with a .bat file included that you can use if you have a Windows machine and add it to your PATH system variables. This will allow you to use difPy everywhere on your machine just by entering difPy in the CLI. See more details here.

Thanks again for your suggestion!

All the best, Elise

elisemercury / Duplicate-Image-Finder

Make the package installable and usable via `pipx` #71