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		aizk on Jan 12, 2025 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Uv's killer feature is making ad-hoc environments ... one useful UV alias I use is uvsys='uv pip install --system' So I can just do uv {package} for a quick and dirty global install. I'm so used to pip install being global by default just making this shorthand makes things a bit easier.

claytonjy on Jan 13, 2025 [–]

this sounds like it’s asking for trouble! very easy to mess up your whole system

i would highly recommend only using —-system in a docker container or similar

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