If python was installed via scoop, ggshield should be installed via pipx install ggshield --system-site-packages

[BinToss]

It would be great if this pitfall was noted in ggshield's installation instructions.

Environment

• ggshield version:
• Operating system (Linux, macOS, Windows): Windows 11 Pro
• Operating system version: 22H2 22621.3593
• Python version: 3.12.3

Describe the bug

The scoop python package does not have ./Scripts/pip and instead bootstraps pip to site-packages.
The scoop pipx package does not automatically add --system-site-packages if pip is not in Python's Scripts directory. Subsequent pipx install runs will fail if pip is expected and --system-site-packages is not added.

> pipx install ggshield
No Python at '"C:\Python312\python.exe'
No Python at '"C:\Python312\python.exe'
Fatal error from pip prevented installation. Full pip output in file:
    C:\Users\Noah\pipx\logs\cmd_2024-05-22_20.04.23_pip_errors.log

Error installing ggshield.
> cat C:\Users\Noah\pipx\logs\cmd_2024-05-22_20.04.23_pip_errors.log
PIP STDOUT
----------

PIP STDERR
----------
C:\Users\Noah\pipx\venvs\ggshield\Scripts\python.exe: No module named pip

Steps to reproduce:

1. scoop install python
2. scoop install pipx
3. pipx install ggshield

   fails

4. pipx install ggshield --system-site-packages

   succeeds

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Perhaps an issue should be raised over at https://github.com/pypa/pipx/issues (if one does not already exist) to address this programmatically.

[agateau-gg]

Hi @BinToss, sorry for the late reply. This looks like a bug in pipx in my opinion. Note that now that we have standalone binaries for ggshield (which do not require a Python interpreter to be installed), we could build a ggshield scoop package. This would make installation simpler.