pixi exec

Run a command and install it in a temporary environment

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Usage

pixi exec [OPTIONS] [COMMAND]...

<a id="arg-<COMMAND>" href="#arg-<COMMAND>"><COMMAND></a> : The executable to run, followed by any arguments

May be provided more than once.

<a id="arg---spec" href="#arg---spec">--spec (-s) <SPEC></a> : Matchspecs of package to install. If this is not provided, the package is guessed from the command

May be provided more than once.

<a id="arg---with" href="#arg---with">--with (-w) <WITH></a> : Matchspecs of package to install, while also guessing a package from the command

May be provided more than once.

<a id="arg---channel" href="#arg---channel">--channel (-c) <CHANNEL></a> : The channels to consider as a name or a url. Multiple channels can be specified by using this field multiple times

May be provided more than once.

<a id="arg---platform" href="#arg---platform">--platform (-p) <PLATFORM></a> : The platform to create the environment for. Defaults to the current machine's subdir. Accepts a workspace platform name or a bare conda subdir (e.g. linux-64); pixi exec runs outside any workspace so the value resolves to a conda subdir either way
<a id="arg---force-reinstall" href="#arg---force-reinstall">--force-reinstall</a> : If specified a new environment is always created even if one already exists
<a id="arg---list" href="#arg---list">--list=<LIST></a> : Before executing the command, list packages in the environment Specify --list=some_regex to filter the shown packages
<a id="arg---no-modify-ps1" href="#arg---no-modify-ps1">--no-modify-ps1</a> : Disable modification of the PS1 prompt to indicate the temporary environment

<a id="arg---auth-file" href="#arg---auth-file">--auth-file <AUTH_FILE></a> : Path to the file containing the authentication token
<a id="arg---concurrent-downloads" href="#arg---concurrent-downloads">--concurrent-downloads <CONCURRENT_DOWNLOADS></a> : Max concurrent network requests, default is 50
<a id="arg---concurrent-solves" href="#arg---concurrent-solves">--concurrent-solves <CONCURRENT_SOLVES></a> : Max concurrent solves, default is the number of CPUs
<a id="arg---pinning-strategy" href="#arg---pinning-strategy">--pinning-strategy <PINNING_STRATEGY></a> : Set pinning strategy

options: semver, minor, major, latest-up, exact-version, no-pin

<a id="arg---pypi-keyring-provider" href="#arg---pypi-keyring-provider">--pypi-keyring-provider <PYPI_KEYRING_PROVIDER></a> : Specifies whether to use the keyring to look up credentials for PyPI

options: disabled, subprocess

<a id="arg---run-post-link-scripts" href="#arg---run-post-link-scripts">--run-post-link-scripts</a> : Run post-link scripts (insecure)
<a id="arg---no-symbolic-links" href="#arg---no-symbolic-links">--no-symbolic-links</a> : Disallow symbolic links during package installation

env: PIXI_NO_SYMBOLIC_LINKS

<a id="arg---no-hard-links" href="#arg---no-hard-links">--no-hard-links</a> : Disallow hard links during package installation

env: PIXI_NO_HARD_LINKS

<a id="arg---no-ref-links" href="#arg---no-ref-links">--no-ref-links</a> : Disallow ref links (copy-on-write) during package installation

env: PIXI_NO_REF_LINKS

<a id="arg---tls-no-verify" href="#arg---tls-no-verify">--tls-no-verify</a> : Do not verify the TLS certificate of the server
<a id="arg---tls-root-certs" href="#arg---tls-root-certs">--tls-root-certs <TLS_ROOT_CERTS></a> : Which TLS root certificates to use: 'webpki' (bundled Mozilla roots) or 'system' (system store)

env: PIXI_TLS_ROOT_CERTS

<a id="arg---use-environment-activation-cache" href="#arg---use-environment-activation-cache">--use-environment-activation-cache</a> : Use environment activation cache (experimental)

Run a command and install it in a temporary environment.

Remove the temporary environments with pixi clean cache --exec.

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