Running pip install -e .[test] in zsh on macOS Catalina#

macOS Catalina uses zsh rather than bash as the default shell (apparently because Apple don’t like GPL 3).

I usually set up my Python projects for development like this:

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datasette % pipenv shell
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Launching subshell in virtual environment…
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 . /Users/simon/.local/share/virtualenvs/datasette-AWNrQs95/bin/activate
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datasette %  . /Users/simon/.local/share/virtualenvs/datasette-AWNrQs95/bin/activate
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(datasette) simon@Simons-MacBook-Pro datasette % pip install -e .[test]
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zsh: no matches found: .[test]

In zsh the [ character has special meaning.

Two solutions. The first is to use quotes:

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datasette % pip install -e '.[test]'
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Obtaining file:///Users/simon/Dropbox/Development/datasette
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...

The second is to prefix it with noglob:

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datasette % noglob pip install -e .[test]

Running pip install -e .[test] in zsh on macOS Catalina

https://mranv.pages.dev/posts/running-pip-install-e-test-in-zsh-on-macos-catalina/

Author

Anubhav Gain

Published at

2024-02-28

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Running pip install -e .[test] in zsh on macOS Catalina