Shubham, I can't think of any issues that could arise from installing packages this way, but a ChimeraX developer might know more about all the types of environments people are using. I just want to mention that ChimeraX does have a pip command (I think it was added in 1.5), so you could pretty easily make a .cxc file with all the `pip install X` you need. This might be simpler for users, as they wouldn't have to modify your scripts - just start up ChimeraX (GUI or --nogui) and `open requirements.cxc`. Best, Tony On Wed, May 3, 2023 at 9:06 AM Shubham Devesh Ramgoolam via ChimeraX-users < chimerax-users@cgl.ucsf.edu> wrote:
Dear ChimeraX team,
I have some python scripts for performing computation using chimeraX in the nogui mode.
Those scripts rely on packages not available in the python environment of chimeraX and I installed them using:
ChimeraX-console.exe -m pip install add_package --user
I intend to distribute my scripts to other users and they will also need to install these packages.
As such, I have written another python script to automate the installation of these packages (the path to ChimeraX-console.exe (if Windows) or ChimeraX.exe (if Mac) must be supplied in a text file for this to work). The heart of the automation script is as follows:
for item in list_packages:
subprocess.call([path_chimeraX, '-m', 'pip', 'install', item, '--user'])
Is this approach of installing python modules in chimeraX valid, considering that different users may have a different environment for their chimeraX? (I am worried that pip install might not work on some setups.)
Regards,
Shubham Ramgoolam
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