igamenovoer/pixi-make-offline-channel
skills/tools/pixi/pixi-make-offline-channel/SKILL.md
Use when the user wants to create a self-hosted, offline-installable Conda channel (mirror) containing a specific subset of packages using Pixi.
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SKILL.md
- name:
- pixi-make-offline-channel
- description:
- Use when the user wants to create a self-hosted, offline-installable Conda channel (mirror) containing a specific subset of packages using Pixi.
Pixi Make Offline Channel
Trigger
Use this skill when the user asks to:
- "Create a local conda channel with pixi"
- "Mirror a subset of conda packages for offline use"
- "Download conda packages and dependencies using pixi"
- "Create a self-hosted conda-forge mirror"
Overview
This skill guides the user to creating a custom, self-hosted Conda channel (mirror) that contains only a selected subset of packages but includes all transitive dependencies. This ensures the channel is fully installable on offline machines.
The workflow uses Pixi's lockfile (pixi.lock) as the source of truth for dependency resolution and rattler-index for generating channel metadata.
Workflow
1. Setup Builder Project
Create a temporary "builder" project to define the package set. This project will not be used for running code, but for resolving the dependency tree.
mkdir my-mirror-builder
cd my-mirror-builder
pixi init
2. Define Package Subset
Add the target packages you want to mirror. Also add the necessary build tools (rattler-index and pyyaml) to the environment.
# Target packages to mirror
pixi add pandas scikit-learn pytorch
# Tools required for the mirroring process
pixi add rattler-index pyyaml requests
3. Fetch Artifacts (The "Mirror Script")
Use a Python script to parse pixi.lock, extract the exact URLs for all resolved dependencies, and download them into a standard channel structure (e.g., channel/linux-64/).
Key Steps for the Script:
- Read
pixi.lock(YAML format). - Iterate through
packages. - Download the file at
urltooutput_dir/<platform>/<filename>.
Ref: See context/hints/howto-create-self-hosted-conda-subset-repo-with-pixi.md for the complete build_mirror.py script.
4. Index the Channel
After downloading all artifacts, use rattler-index to generate the repodata.json. This turns the directory into a valid Conda channel.
pixi run rattler-index local-channel
5. Verify & Consume
The channel is now ready. It can be used via file:// or hosted via HTTP.
Verification:
# Create a test env using ONLY the local channel
conda create -n test-offline -c file://$(pwd)/local-channel pandas --offline --override-channels
Tips
- Multi-Platform: To support multiple platforms (e.g.,
linux-64ANDosx-arm64), manually editpixi.tomlto include them (platforms = ["linux-64", "osx-arm64"]) and runpixi lockbefore running the download script. - Updates: To update the mirror, simply
pixi updatethe builder project, re-run the download script (it should skip existing files), and re-runrattler-index. - Pixi-Pack: If the goal is just to move one environment, suggest
pixi-packinstead. This skill is for creating a reusable channel.
Resources
- howto-create-self-hosted-conda-subset-repo-with-pixi.md: Detailed step-by-step guide with the full Python script.
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