why pipx brings so many unrelated dependencies?
Affects | Status | Importance | Assigned to | Milestone | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
python-pipx (Ubuntu) |
New
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Undecided
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Unassigned |
Bug Description
Supossedly, pipx is just another python package manager, built on top of pip (see https:/
Seems too much for just a package manager. I'm using pip and pipx only in a headless installation in ther terminal, running inside Windows WSL (no GUI).
```
fernan@
Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree... Done
Reading state information... Done
The following additional packages will be installed:
fonts-
libjs-lunr libjs-modernizr libjs-popper.js libjs-sizzle mkdocs node-jquery python3-argcomplete
python3-
python3-pyinotify python3-
sphinx-
Suggested packages:
apache2 | lighttpd | httpd libjs-es5-shim ghp-import mkdocs-doc nodejs coffeescript node-less node-uglify
python-
python-
The following NEW packages will be installed:
fonts-
libjs-lunr libjs-modernizr libjs-popper.js libjs-sizzle mkdocs node-jquery pipx python3-argcomplete
python3-
python3-pyinotify python3-
sphinx-
0 upgraded, 27 newly installed, 0 to remove and 0 not upgraded.
Need to get 10.1 MB of archives.
After this operation, 35.8 MB of additional disk space will be used.
Do you want to continue? [Y/n]
```
This is on Jammy:
```
lsb_release -a
No LSB modules are available.
Distributor ID: Ubuntu
Description: Ubuntu 22.04.5 LTS
Release: 22.04
Codename: jammy
```
ProblemType: Bug
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 22.04
Package: pipx (not installed)
Uname: Linux 5.15.167.
ApportVersion: 2.20.11-0ubuntu82.6
Architecture: amd64
CasperMD5CheckR
Date: Tue Apr 15 06:32:50 2025
ProcEnviron:
TERM=xterm-
PATH=(custom, no user)
XDG_RUNTIME_
LANG=C.UTF-8
SHELL=/bin/bash
SourcePackage: python-pipx
UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install)