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4762	Install PyPi packages with a ChimeraX command	Tom Goddard	Greg Couch	"For developers writing ChimeraX Python code it would be convenient if a ChimeraX command like ""pip install pandas"" could install extra PyPi packages they need.

Here is an email discussion of the trouble that arises trying to install PyPi packages into ChimeraX on Windows:

   https://plato.cgl.ucsf.edu/pipermail/chimerax-users/2021-June/002297.html

While it seems like adding such command would be trivial, unfortunately I recall the Python pip module does not have a function API to install packages!  Seem incredibly poorly designed only to work as a script for the pip shell command.  But I also recall some additional PyPi packages adds the pip APIs."	enhancement	closed	moderate	1.5	Core		fixed		Eric Pettersen Zach Pearson				all	ChimeraX