How to set up on Solus?

[tio-trom]

I am new to Solus, moving from Ubuntu (so I'm still learning), but how do I set this up on Solus?

tio@trom ~ $ pip install pypia
bash: pip: command not found
tio@trom ~ $ eopkg install pypia
Program terminated.
You have to be root for this operation.
Please use 'eopkg help' for general help.
tio@trom ~ $ sudo eopkg install pypia
Password: 
System error. Program terminated.
Repo item pypia not found
Please use 'eopkg help' for general help.
Use --debug to see a traceback.
tio@trom ~ $ pypia -i
bash: pypia: command not found
tio@trom ~ $ 

[dagrha]

Hi TROMsite, pip is the python package manager-- it is used to install python packages. The first error you show (bash: pip: command not found) seems to indicate that pip is not installed or is not in your path.

A couple recommendations to try:

1. you could try to invoke pip by running python -m pip install pypia. Note that you may need to use python3 instead of python-- I'm not sure if solus os uses python 2.7 or python 3+ by default.
2. if that doesn't work and indeed pip is not installed, you can try to use the os package manager to install it. Something like eopkg install pip or eopkg install pip3-- you'll have to consult Solus documentation or forums. If that works, you could then possibly use the pip install pypia command.
3. If none of the above work, you can clone this repo, cd to the directory where pypia.py lives and invoke the script directly (python pypia.py -i). Note that with this option, pypia would not be added to your PATH, so you could not invoke simple pypia at the terminal, but you'd get the VPN routes in the NetworkManger applet.

Please let me know if you get it working and how. Cheers.

[tio-trom]

Thank you very much, it worked after installing pip via Solus repositories. Awesome! Thank you!