eric7.SystemUtilities.PythonUtilities

Module implementing Python related utility functions.

Global Attributes

Classes

Functions

__searchInterpreters_Linux

Function to determine a list of all Python interpreters available via the executable search path (i.e. PATH) (non Windows variant).

environments (list of str (optional))

list of environment directories to scan for Python interpreters (defaults to None)

Return:

list of found interpreter executables

Return Type:

list of str

__searchInterpreters_Windows

Function to determine a list of all Python interpreters available via the executable search path (i.e. PATH) (Windows variant).

environments (list of str (optional))

list of environment directories to scan for Python interpreters (defaults to None)

Return:

list of found interpreter executables

Return Type:

list of str

_pipInstall

Function to install the given packages via pip.

packages (list of str)

list of packages to install

interpreter (str (optional))

interpreter to be used (defaults to "")

_uvInstall

Function to install the given packages via uv.

packages (list of str)

list of packages to install

interpreter (str (optional))

interpreter to be used (defaults to "")

determineVenvType

Function to determine the type of the virtual environment.

interpreter (str (optional))

interpreter to be used (defaults to "")

Return:

type of the virtual environment ("uv", "uv seeded", "standard" or "")

Return Type:

str

findPyvenv

Function to find the pyvenv.cfg file based on the used Python interpreter.

interpreter (str (optional))

interpreter to be used (defaults to "")

Return:

path of the 'pyvenv.cfg' file or an empty string, if it was not found or the Python interpreter does not belong to a virtual environment

Return Type:

str

getExePath

getPythonExecutable

Function to determine the path of the (non-windowed) Python executable.

Return:

path of the Python executable

Return Type:

str

getPythonInterpreterVersion

Function to determine the exact version of a given Python interpreter.

interpreter (str)

path of the Python interpreter binary

Return:

version of the Python interpreter

Return Type:

str

getPythonLibPath

Function to determine the path to Python's library.

Return:

path to the Python library

Return Type:

str

getPythonLibraryDirectory

Function to determine the path to Python's library directory.

Return:

path to the Python library directory

Return Type:

str

getPythonScriptsDirectory

Function to determine the path to Python's scripts directory.

Return:

path to the Python scripts directory

Return Type:

str

getPythonVersion

Function to get the Python version (major, minor) as an integer value.

Return:

integer representing major and minor version number

Return Type:

int

installPackages

Function to install the given packages.

packages (list of str)

list of packages to install

interpreter (str (optional))

interpreter to be used (defaults to "")

isPythonSource

Function to check for a Python source code file.

filename (str)

name of the file with extension

source (str)

of the file

editor (Editor (optional))

reference to the editor, if the file is opened already (defaults to None)

Return:

flag indicating Python source code

Return Type:

bool

searchInterpreters

Function to determine a list of all Python interpreters available via the executable search path (i.e. PATH) (Windows variant).

environments (list of str (optional))

list of environment directories to scan for Python interpreters (defaults to None)

Return:

list of found interpreter executables

Return Type:

list of str