$ pipx install git+https://github.com/Softcatala/whisper-ctranslate2
File "/usr/lib/python3.12/site-packages/pipx/main.py", line 863, in cli
return run_pipx_command(parsed_pipx_args)
^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
File "/usr/lib/python3.12/site-packages/pipx/main.py", line 214, in run_pipx_command
return commands.install(
^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
File "/usr/lib/python3.12/site-packages/pipx/commands/install.py", line 30, in install
package_name = package_name_from_spec(
^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
File "/usr/lib/python3.12/site-packages/pipx/commands/common.py", line 332, in package_name_from_spec
package_name = venv.install_package_no_deps(
^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
File "/usr/lib/python3.12/site-packages/pipx/venv.py", line 281, in install_package_no_deps
old_package_set = self.list_installed_packages()
^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
File "/usr/lib/python3.12/site-packages/pipx/venv.py", line 362, in list_installed_packages
pip_list = json.loads(cmd_run.stdout.strip())
^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
File "/usr/lib64/python3.12/json/__init__.py", line 346, in loads
return _default_decoder.decode(s)
^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
File "/usr/lib64/python3.12/json/decoder.py", line 337, in decode
obj, end = self.raw_decode(s, idx=_w(s, 0).end())
^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
File "/usr/lib64/python3.12/json/decoder.py", line 355, in raw_decode
raise JSONDecodeError("Expecting value", s, err.value) from None
json.decoder.JSONDecodeError: Expecting value: line 1 column 1 (char 0)
Why is this happening?
$ python -m pdb $(which pipx) install git+https://github.com/Softcatala/whisper-ctranslate2
> /usr/bin/pipx(3)<module>()
-> import re
(Pdb) /usr/lib/python3.12/site-packages/pipx/venv.py:358
*** SyntaxError: invalid syntax
(Pdb) break /usr/lib/python3.12/site-packages/pipx/venv.py:358
Breakpoint 1 at /usr/lib/python3.12/site-packages/pipx/venv.py:358
(Pdb) cont
> /usr/lib/python3.12/site-packages/pipx/venv.py(358)list_installed_packages()
-> cmd_run = run_subprocess(
⣻ determining package name from 'git+https://github.com/Softcatala/whisper-ctranslate2'
['/tmp/tmpfco18p9c/bin/python', '-m', 'pip', 'list', '--format=json']
$ source /tmp/tmpfco18p9c/bin/activate
(tmpfco18p9c) yumba:~ $ /tmp/tmpfco18p9c/bin/python -m pip list --format=json
/tmp/tmpfco18p9c/bin/python: No module named pip
Comment in pypa/pipx#1111 gives a hint that there might be a wrong version of python installed in the environment.
Since I don't have any virtualenvs right now I didn't mind running:
$ rm -rf ~/.local/pipx/
and then pipx install progressed.