The following are instructions for using the python rtx core plugin. This is used when the "experimental" setting is "true" and there isn't a git plugin installed named "python"
If you want to use asdf-python or rtx-python then use rtx plugins install python URL.
The code for this is inside of the rtx repository at ./src/plugins/core/python.rs.
The following installs the latest version of python-3.11.x and makes it the global default:
$ rtx use -g [email protected]You can also use multiple versions of python at the same time:
$ rtx use -g [email protected] [email protected]
$ python -V
3.10.0
$ python3.11 -V
3.11.0rtx-python can automatically install a default set of Python packages with pip right after installing a Python version. To enable this feature, provide a $HOME/.default-python-packages file that lists one package per line, for example:
ansible
pipenv
You can specify a non-default location of this file by setting a RTX_PYTHON_DEFAULT_PACKAGES_FILE variable.
Python comes with virtualenv support built in, use it with .rtx.toml configuration like
the following:
[tools]
python = {version="3.11", virtualenv=".venv"} # relative to this file's directory
python = {version="3.11", virtualenv="/root/.venv"} # can be absolute
python = {version="3.11", virtualenv="{{env.HOME}}/.cache/venv/myproj"} # can use templates