Preface

The Fext has some differences, so it is recommended to use only one package manager.

Usage

The interface for interacting with Fext is as follows:

fext <command> [options]

Options can be specified between any arguments, but for better reading it is recommended to specify them only on one side.

Examples

All commands are the same as in PIP, but using Fext you can shorten them:

fext i requests # fext install requests
fext u requests # fext uninstall requests
fext f # fext freeze

The package installation interface is also identical:

fext i requests==2.0.0 # install strictly version 2.0.0
fext i requests<2.1.1!=2.0.1>2 # multiple operators will work too
fext i requests[socks,security] # install multiple extras

You can also install packages from a file, but when using the -r flag, Fext only accepts files containing a list of packages. This means you won't be able to specify additional packages.

Fext

fext i -r requirements/base.txt requirements/dev.txt # ok
fext i -r requirements/base.txt -r requirements/dev.txt # ok
fext i -r requirements/* # ok
fext i -r requirements/base.txt requests # error here

PIP

pip install -r requirements/base.txt requirements/dev.txt # error here
pip install -r requirements/base.txt -r requirements/dev.txt # ok
pip install -r requirements/* # error here
pip install -r requirements/base.txt requests # ok