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Why are tar.xz files 15x smaller when using Python's tar library compared to macOS tar?
Short answer: yes, it is safe to use Python tarlib to compress the data, nothing is lost compared to BSD tar.
Underlying issue: sorting
I think the underlying issue is that BSD tar and GNU tar without ...
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Typing “python” on Windows 10 (version 1903) command prompt opens Microsoft store
Fixed it by removing it automatically on the settings page. Under Apps and Features, there are an application execution aliases.
I am running the latest 1903 update.
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macOS, the command line developer tool missing after updated to Monterey 12.6
I ran into the same error yesterday, it took a while to notice that the error itself has the solution :)
Please ensure Xcode packages are up-to-date — try running 'xcodebuild -runFirstLaunch'.
Indeed,...
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Can't install virtual interpreter in PyCharm in Linux
I had to install it. This was fresh Kubuntu 18.04 install, obviously, without this needed package.
sudo apt-get install python3-distutils
After that I restarted PyCharm and creating virtual project ...
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Docker / GCloud | How to fix docker-credential-gcloud not installed or not available in PATH?
I had the same exact issue. Deleting ~/.docker/config.json fixed it for me right away. See here: https://github.com/docker/for-linux/issues/383.
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Accidentally deleted log file of running process `python something.py 2>&1 | tee .log`. Is there a way to still save the output on the tmux-pane?
The file continues to exist as long as the tee process holds an open file descriptor, and everything is still being logged there. You can recover its current contents by copying them through /proc:
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Cannot install python-pip with yum
You have to enable the EPEL repo, use:
yum --enablerepo=extras install epel-release
This command will install the correct EPEL repository for the CentOS version you are running.
After this you will ...
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How do you install git-filter-repo?
pip install
They now have a python package that just works:
python3 -m pip install --user git-filter-repo
That method installs both the command line executable, and the Python library which you can ...
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What does "precompile standard library" option mean in python installation?
When you import a python library and it doesn't have a corresponding .pyc file (or it's out of date compared to the source), python will "compile" new bytecode. It appears that this option simply does ...
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Docker / GCloud | How to fix docker-credential-gcloud not installed or not available in PATH?
Opening ~/.docker/config.json and removing the credHelpers object fixed it for me.
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Typing “python” on Windows 10 (version 1903) command prompt opens Microsoft store
Deleting "C:\Users\Username\AppData\Local\Microsoft\WindowsApps\" from the system environment variable, PATH, prevented the Microsoft Store application from launching when I typed python.exe and ...
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VS Code: Shift+Enter does not send code to Python Interactive - why?
I was struggling with the same problem, and finally have found out that it's related to the global settings.
If you go to the Settings( Ctrl + , ) you can see the search bar.
There, put in 'Send ...
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How to use Latest Python 2.7.x "The Right Way" on Ubuntu 12.04 LTS?
Felix Krull also maintained (as in unmaintained now) a PPA with the latest Python 2.7 release for Ubuntu Precise, Trusty and Utopic. You can use the same process like krondor describes, but use ...
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Run pip for python3 on Fedora
If it is properly installed you can run python3 -m pip to run pip for Python 3.
Installing pip for Python 3 is done with dnf install python3-pip. This should create the script /usr/bin/pip3. Using ...
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How to build and install Python 3.7.x from source on Debian 9.8
Install git
$ sudo apt install git
Install Python build dependencies
Python includes a set of modules that it builds by linking to other popular open source projects. Many of those projects are ...
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Run pip for python3 on Fedora
I could not run pip3 though my system showed python3-pip as already being installed and I'm using Fedora 22. What I did to get around this was re-install python3-pip like so:
dnf reinstall python3-...
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How to install the win32com python library
Start a command line with admin rights.
python -m pip install pywin32
C:\Program Files\Stackless36\Scripts>python pywin32_postinstall.py -install
The path C:\Program Files\Stackless36\ should be ...
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How to run pip in non-interactive mode?
There is a --yes option specifically for the uninstall command. Calling
pip uninstall --yes <some-package>
uninstalls the package without asking for confirmation.
For installing, piping in ...
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can't uninstall Python 3.6 on windows 10
Solution:
UNHIDE ALL FOLDERS BEFORE FOLLOWING DOWN...
Go to C:\Users\%USERNAME%\AppData\Local\Programs
Delete Python Folder
Go to Control Panel >> Uninstall a Program
Right Click on Python and ...
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How can I install s3cmd on Mac OS X Yosemite?
Or you can keep it simple and use Homebrew to install/manage many of the AWS tools, including s3cmd
Install Homebrew by running this command
ruby -e "$(curl -fsSL https://raw.githubusercontent.com/...
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Create a Python 3 virtual environment
venv is a convenience script to create virtual envs, but does not fully replace everything virtualenv can do. Using either is fine for most cases though. virtualenv is not obsolete.
python3 -m venv ...
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ssl.SSLCertVerificationError: [SSL: CERTIFICATE_VERIFY_FAILED] certificate verify failed: unable to get local issuer certificate (_ssl.c:1056)
TL;DR
The remote website seems to be the problem, not Python. There is likely no fix for this other than to fix the website.
Longer Explanation
The website/server your are dealing with is ...
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Updating Python on Ubuntu system
sudo apt-get install python 3.3.3
this is for python(3.3.3) for different version the corresponding version number should be used.
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How to capture a couple of lines around a regex match?
The following RegEx tests for a variable amount of lines before the XXXXXXXX line and returns them in the first capture group.
((.*(\n|\r|\r\n)){2})XXXXXXXX
(.*(\n|\r|\r\n)) tests for a string ending ...
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How to install python-pip in CentOS7 Docker Container
Using this in the Dockerfile allowed me to install pip:
RUN yum -y install epel-release && yum clean all
RUN yum -y install python-pip && yum clean all
That seems much cleaner than ...
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pip not working on hombrew python 2.7 install
Generally, homebrew will install a formula into /usr/local/Cellar/formula and then place a link at /usr/local/bin/formula.
To make use of your installed formulae, make sure /usr/local/bin is in your $...
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How to manually stop a Python script that runs continuously on linux
Try this simple line, It will terminate all script.py:
pkill -9 -f script.py
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How to syntax highlight python scripts in PHP storm
There is no way to install Python plugin in PHPStorm.
Please use IntelliJ IDEA Ultimate to employ all languages (JavaScript, Java, PHP, Python, Ruby, Scala, etc.) support in one environment.
If you ...
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Installing Python3 on MacOS using Homebrew has error "Failed to import the site module"
I solved this thanks to https://stackoverflow.com/a/42214539/5511915, with a simple unset PYTHONPATH (which was set to PYTHONPATH=/usr/local/lib/python2.7/site-packages, conflicting with python3)
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How do I alias python3 on Windows?
I want to alias python3 to python on Windows.
You haven't mentioned what release of Python you are using (e.g. "vanilla" Python, Anaconda, SciPy, etc.), but if I am not misunderstanding, ...
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