How to install poetry for python on Ubuntu (and other Debian-based distros).

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How to install poetry for python on Ubuntu (and other Debian-based distros).

Update the package list

sudo apt update

Install curl

• Install curl if you don't have it already

sudo apt install -y curl

Download with curl and run the poetry installation script

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

Confirm poetry installation

poetry --version

• This should output the version of Poetry that was installed.

Configure your shell to use poetry

• Add Poetry to your system PATH by adding the following line to your shell configuration file (e.g., ~/.bashrc, ~/.zshrc):

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

(Poetry, by default, is installed in the ~/.local/bin directory in Unix)

Apply the changes to your current shell session

source ~/.bashrc

• (or source ~/.zshrc if you are using zsh)