On 24/02/2021 11.52, Stéfane Fermigier wrote: > I love pipx and I'm glad it exists at this point because it make > > The main issue is that each virtualenv takes space, lots of space. > > I have currently 57 apps installed via pipx on my laptop, and the 57 > environments take almost 1 GB already. > > ~ cd .local/pipx/venvs/ > ~/.l/p/venvs ls > abilian-tools/ concentration/ gitlabber/ pygount/ sphinx/ > ansible/ cookiecutter/ httpie/ pyinfra/ tentakel/ > assertize/ cruft/ isort/ pylint/ tlv/ > autoflake/ cython/ jupyterlab/ pyre-check/ towncrier/ > black/ dephell/ lektor/ pytype/ tox/ > borgbackup/ docformatter/ md2pdf/ pyupgrade/ twine/ > borgmatic/ flake8/ medikit/ radon/ virtualenv/ > bpytop/ flit/ mypy/ re-ver/ virtualfish/ > check-manifest/ flynt/ nox/ sailboat/ vulture/ > clone-github/ gh-clone/ pdoc3/ salvo/ > cloneall/ ghtop/ pdocs/ shed/ > com2ann/ gitchangelog/ pybetter/ sixer/ > ~/.l/p/venvs du -sh . > 990M. > ~/.l/p/venvs ls | wc > 57 57 475 > > There is probably a clever way to reuse common packages (probably via > clever symlinking) and reduce the footprint of these installations.
There are tools like https://rdfind.pauldreik.se/rdfind.1.html that create hard links to deduplicate files. Some files systems have deduplicated baked in, too. Christian _______________________________________________ Python-Dev mailing list -- [email protected] To unsubscribe send an email to [email protected] https://mail.python.org/mailman3/lists/python-dev.python.org/ Message archived at https://mail.python.org/archives/list/[email protected]/message/CO6GV2CRDKBJMLE7DZVVQ4AMIPSKPMCJ/ Code of Conduct: http://python.org/psf/codeofconduct/