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The PEX (Python EXecutable) tool (https://github.com/pantsbuild/pex).

Backend: <span style="color: purple"><code>pants.core</code></span> Config section: <span style="color: purple"><code>[pex-cli]</code></span>

## Basic options

None

## Advanced options

<div style="color: purple"> <h3><code>version</code></h3> <code>--pex-cli-version=&lt;str&gt;</code><br> <code>PANTS_PEX_CLI_VERSION</code><br> </div> <div style="padding-left: 2em;"> <span style="color: green">default: <code>v2.1.73</code></span>

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Use this version of pex.

Supported pex versions: >=2.1.73,<3.0

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<div style="color: purple"> <h3><code>known_versions</code></h3> <code>--pex-cli-known-versions=&quot;['&lt;str&gt;', '&lt;str&gt;', ...]&quot;</code><br> <code>PANTS_PEX_CLI_KNOWN_VERSIONS</code><br> </div> <div style="padding-left: 2em;"> <span style="color: green">default: <pre>[ "v2.1.73|macos&lowbar;arm64|0f30b06c02743393b745497580a410d28055b0de022a27cbb8e460845a6ba1c9|3723175", "v2.1.73|macos&lowbar;x86&lowbar;64|0f30b06c02743393b745497580a410d28055b0de022a27cbb8e460845a6ba1c9|3723175", "v2.1.73|linux&lowbar;x86&lowbar;64|0f30b06c02743393b745497580a410d28055b0de022a27cbb8e460845a6ba1c9|3723175" ]</pre></span>

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Known versions to verify downloads against.

Each element is a pipe-separated string of `version|platform|sha256|length`, where:

  • `version` is the version string

  • `platform` is one of [linux_arm64,linux_x86_64,macos_arm64,macos_x86_64],

  • `sha256` is the 64-character hex representation of the expected sha256 digest of the download file, as emitted by `shasum -a 256`

  • `length` is the expected length of the download file in bytes, as emitted by `wc -c`

E.g., `3.1.2|macos_x86_64|6d0f18cd84b918c7b3edd0203e75569e0c7caecb1367bbbe409b44e28514f5be|42813`.

Values are space-stripped, so pipes can be indented for readability if necessary.

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<div style="color: purple"> <h3><code>use_unsupported_version</code></h3> <code>--pex-cli-use-unsupported-version=&lt;UnsupportedVersionUsage&gt;</code><br> <code>PANTS_PEX_CLI_USE_UNSUPPORTED_VERSION</code><br> </div> <div style="padding-left: 2em;"> <span style="color: green">one of: <code>error, warning</code></span><br> <span style="color: green">default: <code>error</code></span>

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What action to take in case the requested version of pex is not supported.

Supported pex versions: >=2.1.73,<3.0

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<div style="color: purple"> <h3><code>url_template</code></h3> <code>--pex-cli-url-template=&lt;str&gt;</code><br> <code>PANTS_PEX_CLI_URL_TEMPLATE</code><br> </div> <div style="padding-left: 2em;"> <span style="color: green">default: <code>https://github.com/pantsbuild/pex/releases/download/{version}/pex</code></span>

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URL to download the tool, either as a single binary file or a compressed file (e.g. zip file). You can change this to point to your own hosted file, e.g. to work with proxies or for access via the filesystem through a `file:$abspath` URL (e.g. `file:/this/is/absolute`, possibly by [templating the buildroot in a config file](🔗)).

Use `{version}` to have the value from --version substituted, and `{platform}` to have a value from --url-platform-mapping substituted in, depending on the current platform. For example, https://github.com/.../protoc-{version}-{platform}.zip.

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<div style="color: purple"> <h3><code>url_platform_mapping</code></h3> <code>--pex-cli-url-platform-mapping=&quot;{'key1': val1, 'key2': val2, ...}&quot;</code><br> <code>PANTS_PEX_CLI_URL_PLATFORM_MAPPING</code><br> </div> <div style="padding-left: 2em;"> <span style="color: green">default: <code>{}</code></span>

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A dictionary mapping platforms to strings to be used when generating the URL to download the tool.

In --url-template, anytime the `{platform}` string is used, Pants will determine the current platform, and substitute `{platform}` with the respective value from your dictionary.

For example, if you define `{"macos_x86_64": "apple-darwin", "linux_x86_64": "unknown-linux"}, and run Pants on Linux with an intel architecture, then `{platform}` will be substituted in the --url-template option with unknown-linux.

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## Deprecated options

None