HKUDS/nanobot · error · CliAppError

unsupported pip install command

Error message

unsupported pip install command

What it means

Error "unsupported pip install command" thrown in HKUDS/nanobot.

Source

Thrown at nanobot/apps/cli/service.py:861

            args = tokens[4:]
        else:
            return None
        args = [arg for arg in args if not arg.startswith("-")]
        if len(args) != 1 or args[0].startswith("git+"):
            return None
        return args[0]

    @staticmethod
    def _pip_available() -> bool:
        """Return True if pip is importable for the current interpreter."""
        from importlib.util import find_spec

        return find_spec("pip") is not None

    def _pip_install_argv(self, app: dict[str, Any], *, update: bool = False) -> list[str]:
        install_cmd = str(app.get("install_cmd") or "")
        if not _is_pip_install_command(install_cmd) or _has_shell_meta(install_cmd):
            raise CliAppError("unsupported pip install command")
        tokens = shlex.split(install_cmd)
        args = tokens[2:] if tokens[:2] == ["pip", "install"] else tokens[4:]
        pip_available = self._pip_available()
        if pip_available:
            prefix = [sys.executable, "-m", "pip", "install"]
        elif shutil.which("uv"):
            prefix = ["uv", "pip", "install", "--python", sys.executable]
        else:
            raise CliAppError("pip is not available and uv is not installed")
        if update:
            if pip_available:
                prefix.extend(["--upgrade", "--force-reinstall"])
            else:
                prefix.extend(["--upgrade", "--reinstall"])
        return prefix + args

    def _pip_uninstall_argv(
        self,

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When it happens

Trigger: Thrown at nanobot/apps/cli/service.py:861 when the library encounters an invalid state.

Common situations: See trigger scenarios.

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