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0xRaduan opened this issue Apr 10, 2025 · 1 comment
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Allow installing via brew #1179

0xRaduan opened this issue Apr 10, 2025 · 1 comment

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@0xRaduan
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Realized you have a CLI. I would want to install it via brew without pip.

When I try to install it via pip just for CLI purposes, getting next error:

pip3 install markitdown

[notice] A new release of pip is available: 24.3.1 -> 25.0.1
[notice] To update, run: python3.13 -m pip install --upgrade pip
error: externally-managed-environment

× This environment is externally managed
╰─> To install Python packages system-wide, try brew install
    xyz, where xyz is the package you are trying to
    install.
    
    If you wish to install a Python library that isn't in Homebrew,
    use a virtual environment:
    
    python3 -m venv path/to/venv
    source path/to/venv/bin/activate
    python3 -m pip install xyz
    
    If you wish to install a Python application that isn't in Homebrew,
    it may be easiest to use 'pipx install xyz', which will manage a
    virtual environment for you. You can install pipx with
    
    brew install pipx
    
    You may restore the old behavior of pip by passing
    the '--break-system-packages' flag to pip, or by adding
    'break-system-packages = true' to your pip.conf file. The latter
    will permanently disable this error.
    
    If you disable this error, we STRONGLY recommend that you additionally
    pass the '--user' flag to pip, or set 'user = true' in your pip.conf
    file. Failure to do this can result in a broken Homebrew installation.
    
    Read more about this behavior here: <https://peps.python.org/pep-0668/>

note: If you believe this is a mistake, please contact your Python installation or OS distribution provider. You can override this, at the risk of breaking your Python installation or OS, by passing --break-system-packages.
hint: See PEP 668 for the detailed specification.
@chrisfinazzo
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I think you can install using pipx (which is available via Homebrew) to get the job done.

That said...

Having played around with this yesterday, it's not a great experience. A real formula would be a much better solution.

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