How to install executable script when python is managed by rye?

[jbulow]

When rye is managing python it will make "pip install" to install to a path (~/.rye/tools/pip/bin) which is not added to the PATH when installing rye. Am I supposed to manually add that path to the PATH environment variable?

[bluss]

@jbulow with rye, it's not intended to install pip like that, I can see how that becomes very confusing. If you want to install executable scripts (apps) like for example hatch or ruff, then you'd want to use rye tools install hatch and so on. The tools install only ever installs isolated tools.

Note that rye install is just an alias for rye tools install. There is no user-global environment for libraries with Rye.

[bluss]

If it's in rye tools list, then rye should have added a binary for it in .rye/shims and rye should already have ensured this directory is in the $PATH. If not, something is not correctly setup.

[jbulow]

It is not added to .rye/shims.

What is the correct way to setup rye? I followed the instructions and selected the default options.

Is it possible to force a reinstall of a tool?

[bluss]

rye tools install -f tool

Setup sounds ok of course.

[bluss]

Is it possible that the tool you have installed does not have any executable scripts? If I do "rye tools install jinja2" it fits with your description - the library is listed in the list, and there are no executables. Also look at rye tools install --include-dep if that's needed, if the exectuable is from a dependency.