Getting StartedPackage management made easy
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Pixi is a package management tool for developers.
It allows the developer to install libraries and applications in a reproducible way.
Use pixi cross-platform, on Windows, Mac and Linux.
Installation
To install
pixi
you can run the following command in your terminal:Tip
You might need to restart your terminal or source your shell for the changes to take effect.
Autocompletion
To get autocompletion run:
And then restart the shell or source the shell config file.
Alternative installation methods
Although we recommend installing pixi through the above method we also provide additional installation methods.
Homebrew
Pixi is available via homebrew. To install pixi via homebrew simply run:
brew install pixi
Windows installer
We provide an
msi
installer on our Github releases page.
The installer will download pixi and add it to the path.Install from source
pixi is 100% written in Rust, and therefore it can be installed, built and tested with cargo.
To start using pixi from a source build run:
cargo install --locked --git https://github.com/prefix-dev/pixi.git
or when you want to make changes use:
cargo build
cargo test
If you have any issues building because of the dependency on
rattler
checkout
it's compile stepsUninstall
To uninstall pixi from your system, simply remove the binary.
After this command, you can still use the tools you installed with pixi.
To remove these as well, just remove the whole
~/.pixi
directory and remove the directory from your path.