ENH: Better handling of pipx install error when requested python version not available #1089
Description
How would this feature be useful?
Following the example from [here](https://pypa.github.io/pipx/examples/]:
pipx install --python python3.7 pycowsayI get a rather unwieldy exception that would be better wrapped into something more end user friendly:
1 ❯ pipx install --python python3.7 pycowsay
Traceback (most recent call last):
File "/opt/homebrew/bin/pipx", line 8, in <module>
sys.exit(cli())
^^^^^
File "/opt/homebrew/Cellar/pipx/1.2.0/libexec/lib/python3.12/site-packages/pipx/main.py", line 863, in cli
return run_pipx_command(parsed_pipx_args)
^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
File "/opt/homebrew/Cellar/pipx/1.2.0/libexec/lib/python3.12/site-packages/pipx/main.py", line 214, in run_pipx_command
return commands.install(
^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
File "/opt/homebrew/Cellar/pipx/1.2.0/libexec/lib/python3.12/site-packages/pipx/commands/install.py", line 59, in install
venv.create_venv(venv_args, pip_args)
File "/opt/homebrew/Cellar/pipx/1.2.0/libexec/lib/python3.12/site-packages/pipx/venv.py", line 162, in create_venv
venv_process = run_subprocess(cmd + venv_args + [str(self.root)])
^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
File "/opt/homebrew/Cellar/pipx/1.2.0/libexec/lib/python3.12/site-packages/pipx/util.py", line 176, in run_subprocess
completed_process = subprocess.run(
^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
File "/opt/homebrew/Cellar/python@3.12/3.12.0/Frameworks/Python.framework/Versions/3.12/lib/python3.12/subprocess.py", line 548, in run
with Popen(*popenargs, **kwargs) as process:
^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
File "/opt/homebrew/Cellar/python@3.12/3.12.0/Frameworks/Python.framework/Versions/3.12/lib/python3.12/subprocess.py", line 1026, in __init__
self._execute_child(args, executable, preexec_fn, close_fds,
File "/opt/homebrew/Cellar/python@3.12/3.12.0/Frameworks/Python.framework/Versions/3.12/lib/python3.12/subprocess.py", line 1950, in _execute_child
raise child_exception_type(errno_num, err_msg, err_filename)
FileNotFoundError: [Errno 2] No such file or directory: 'python3.7'Describe the solution you'd like
It appears that FileNotFoundError is what you get when you don't have a particular python version installed but ask for.
pipx should validate first whether a python version is installed and raise a more user friendly error rather than exposing internals like this (unless one asks for --verbose output).
Related
Potentially related issues/PRs I found when looking for duplicates: