Can we install global packages from github?

[Shobhit0109]

As, we can add pacakges in a project directly from github. Is there any way to install globally?

[rbhanot4739]

I would also like that. I mainly use pixi to install/manage tools globally; however, as of now there are certain packages that are not available in the conda-forge channels, so I have to install those packages separately via some other tools, few common ones for me are tmuxinator and tealdeer|tllr-replacement-in-rust.

So it would be much nicer to be able to install packages directly from github.

[wolfv]

Hi all, there is currently no way to do this directly, but it's always possible to build software either from scratch or by repackaging pre-built software.

For tealdeer we could (for example) easily make a package on rust-forge: https://github.com/wolfv/rust-forge - I added a recipe for tealdeer here: wolfv/rust-forge@2dadefb. You will be able to install this with pixi global install tealdeer -c https://prefix.dev/rust-forge.

We could also contribute that to conda-forge.

[rbhanot4739]

  × Couldn't install tealdeer
  ├─▶ failed to solve environment
  ╰─▶ Cannot solve the request because of: tealdeer * cannot be installed because there are no viable options:
      └─ tealdeer 1.7.0 would require
         └─ libgcc >=14, for which no candidates were found.```
Do I have to resolve dependencies manually, ideally it should handle dependencies wouldn't it ?

> General guidance would be to add packages to conda-forge. That ensure the widest distribution. I can help!

Thank you, do you want packages to be reported to you so that you can add/update to conda-forge or you want end users to repackage and add to conda-forge ?

[wolfv]

Argh. Try -c rust-forge -c conda-forge. Sorry! :)

[wolfv]

Ideally end-users start contributing themselves to conda-forge, but we are happy to help :)

[rbhanot4739]

Hey sorry to nag about it, but it still fails

pixi global install tealdeer -c rust-forge -c conda-forge
ERROR error=repodata not found
ERROR error=repodata not found
ERROR error=could not find subdir 'noarch' in channel 'https://conda.anaconda.org/rust-forge/'
  × Couldn't install tealdeer
  ├─▶ could not find subdir 'noarch' in channel 'https://conda.anaconda.org/rust-forge/'
  ╰─▶ HTTP status client error (404 Not Found) for url (https://conda.anaconda.org/rust-forge/noarch/repodata.json)

[rbhanot4739]

@wolfv Still not able to install the package

 pixi global install tealdeer
  × Couldn't install tealdeer
  ├─▶ failed to solve environment
  ╰─▶ Cannot solve the request because of: No candidates were found for tealdeer *.


❯ pixi global install tealdeer -c rust-forge -c conda-forge
ERROR error=repodata not found
ERROR error=could not find subdir 'noarch' in channel 'https://conda.anaconda.org/rust-forge/'
  × Couldn't install tealdeer
  ├─▶ could not find subdir 'noarch' in channel 'https://conda.anaconda.org/rust-forge/'
  ╰─▶ HTTP status client error (404 Not Found) for url (https://conda.anaconda.org/rust-forge/noarch/repodata.json)

Also I just to happen to notice that yazi (another one of popular rust tools) has version 2.4.0 available in rust-forge with 3.3 being the latest.