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Cookbook on using UV
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UV: Overview

python has a lot of different options that can be used to help manage dependencies including:

  • pip / venv
  • pipenv
  • conda / anaconda / miniconda
  • mamba / micromamba
  • poetry
  • ... and now uv

Below is my cheat sheet for some common things you may want to do using UV.

Cheatest Sheetest

Install uv:

python3.13 -m pip install uv

Create the initial project

uv init data-query-tool

add a new package dependency

uv add requests

install dependencies defined in lock file

uv sync

update/recreate the lock file from what is defined in pyproject.toml

uv lock

Install dev dependencies

uv add ruff --dev

Uv cache directory

uv python dir

Tool cache directory

uv tool dir

Activate env

. .venv/bin/activate

Use tool without installing

uvx toolname

Upgrade a specific dependency

uv lock --upgrade-package requests

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