How to install the plugin on Ubuntu 24.04

[p-phillips]

Hi.

I'm running beets on Ubuntu 24.04. I installed beets with
pipx install beets

This all works fine and I have 2.5.1 running.

I can install the native plugins with
pipx install "beets[fetchart]" --force
for example.

If I try to install filetote with
pipx install "beets[filetote]" --force
nothing happens because it isn't included in the supported plugins.

If I try to install filetote with
pipx install beets-filetote

it complains with
No apps associated with package beets-filetote. Try again with '--include-deps' ...

If I run
pipx install beets-filetote --include-deps

weird things happen. A complete sub-system seems to get installed under $HOME/.local/pipx/venvs/beets-filetote/ including binaries of beet itself.

When I add filetote to the list of plugins, it can't find it.

However if I use the beet installed under filetote:
$HOME/.local/pipx/venvs/beets-filetote/bin/beet -v
it can find the filetote plugin but not any of the native plugins I installed as above..

I have also tried installing after pulling down the git repo, but when I run the python setup install command it requires me to do this as root, which clearly the whole pipx thing is trying to avoid.

I'm sure this is my misunderstanding - any help much appreciated.

[fredrik]

Hey @p-phillips, I have used pipx inject beets beets-filetote with success in the past.

[p-phillips]

Hey @p-phillips, I have used pipx inject beets beets-filetote with success in the past.

Perfect - that worked straight away. Thanks Fredrik.