How to install pipx globally by the root user

[mil-ad]

I'd like to install pipx globally when instantiating a vm (e.g. using startup scripts when creating a vm on google cloud) and because my linux distribution doesn't have a recent pipx in its repos I'd have to go the sudo python3 -m pip install route. But this seems to want to install pipx in /root/.local/bin which doesn't seem right.

What is the endorsed way to install pipx globally by root user as part of setting up a new machine?

[huxuan]

If the package installed by the default package manager does not meet your needs, you may try install pipx with pipx in global mode. As I mentioned in #1341. Though the documentation does not suggest doing so, but I use it quite well.

[hrumhurum]

Suppose that you used apt package manager to install the initial version of pipx:

apt-get install -y pipx

After that, you can use the installed pipx to bootstrap it to the latest pipx version:

# Bootstrap pipx to the latest version.
pipx install pipx
apt-get remove -y pipx
~/.local/bin/pipx install pipx --global
pipx uninstall pipx

When this script completes, you will have a fully working pipx version installed globally by itself.