What is the default install path for poetry

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I installed poetry, however I'm getting the following error when attempting to call poetry

zsh: command not found: poetry

I know I have it installed because I get the following output when trying to run the following install script

$ curl -sSL https://raw.githubusercontent.com/python-poetry/poetry/master/get-poetry.py | python                                                                             
Retrieving Poetry metadata                                                                                                                                                                    

Latest version already installed.

score 46 · Accepted Answer · edited Mar 17 '23 at 16:38

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The default install location is ~/.poetry/bin/poetry

I added the following to my .zshrc

export PATH="$HOME/.local/bin:$PATH"

edited Mar 17 '23 at 16:38

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answered Mar 20 '20 at 04:42

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when I installed it with the cURL call it didn't install it there. If I do `cd $HOME & ls -a` there is no .poetry file :'(. When I do a grep for poetry there are a ton of results at `./Library/Application Support/pypoetry`. Any idea why that is or how to fix it? Thanks! – sbru Oct 06 '21 at 07:05
i would inspect the file that is executed by the curl command, there's likely a clue as to where it was placed – arshbot Oct 06 '21 at 18:10
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The new location is `~/.local/bin/poetry`, so it should be `export PATH="$HOME/.local/bin:$PATH"` – Patrick Yan Sep 09 '22 at 01:50
This answer is out of date, follow @PatrickYan 's update above – gemart Feb 02 '23 at 16:02
updated to take poetry version 1.3 into account – Zaffer Feb 25 '23 at 20:00
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score 10 · Answer 2 · edited Jun 22 '22 at 20:41

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Initially I wanted to run poetry within a condo environment. After running

pip install poetry

I saw it was installed using my local Python and not linked to a conda environment. In my case I added

export PATH="$HOME/.local/bin:$PATH"

to the end of the .zshrc file under my home directory.

Tip: You can use CMD+Shift+. for MacOS to view your hidden files and folders :)

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score 7 · Answer 3 · answered Mar 15 '22 at 03:18

Update for the new version of the official poetry installer:

curl -sSL https://install.python-poetry.org | python3 -

This version will install in your default python3 bin. For example: $HOME/Library/Python/3.9/bin, the installer will print out the location to your shell.

Add

export PATH=$HOME/Library/Python/3.9/bin:$PATH

to ~/.profile or ~/.zprofile.

What is the default install path for poetry

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