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Q&A Automatically install all packages needed

The best approach is probably to just check the script beforehand, something like the following grep import script.py should list all imports and you can then evaluate and install them. If you...

posted 1y ago by cafce25‭

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#1: Initial revision by user avatar cafce25‭ · 2023-06-18T06:13:27Z (over 1 year ago)
The best approach is probably to just check the script beforehand, something like the following
```bash
grep import script.py
```
should list all imports and you can then evaluate and install them.

If you really want to automate things you can write a short shell script to loop & install modules for example this one in bash:
```bash
#!/usr/bin/env bash
while :;
do
  { STDERR="$( { ${@}; } 2>&1 1>&3 3>&- )"; } 3>&1;
  if [[ $? -eq 0 ]]; then
    break
  else
    module=$(printf '%s' "$STDERR" | grep ModuleNotFoundError | cut -d\' -f 2)
    pip install $module
  fi
done
```

when saved as `install.sh` in the current directory can be used as `bash install.sh python script.py`

If you create a virtual environment with something like `python -m venv env; source env/bin/activate` (which you should do to not pollute your global packages anyways) before you can generate a `requirements.txt` with `pip freeze > requirements.txt` afterwards and save yourself the hassle in future.