pixi global install does not allow version specifications in 0.26.x

[davised]

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Reproducible example

❯ pixi --version
pixi 0.26.1
❯ pixi global install numpy=2.0.1
  × 'numpy=2.0.1' is not a valid package name. Package names can only contain 0-9, a-z, A-Z, -, _, or .

Ignore that numpy isn't a good example for global install. It happens with other packages too :

❯ pixi global install bat=0.24.0
  × 'bat=0.24.0' is not a valid package name. Package names can only contain 0-9, a-z, A-Z, -, _, or .

Issue description

pixi global install fails when the package has a version specified. This does not happen on versions <= 0.25.0.

Expected behavior

Previous versions allowed a version specification during global install. I see no reason to continue allowing version specifications for global installs.

[davised]

My current work-around is to install pixi v0.25.0 binary as pixi-0.25.0 and use that for global installs that need a version specified.

❯ ./pixi-0.25.0 global install kneaddata=0.12.0
✔ Installed package kneaddata 0.12.0 pyhdfd78af_1 from bioconda
  These executables are now globally available:
   -  kneaddata_trf_parallel
   -  kneaddata
   -  kneaddata_bowtie2_discordant_pairs
   -  kneaddata_database
   -  kneaddata_build_database
   -  kneaddata_read_count_table
   -  kneaddata_test

[baszalmstra]

Thanks for reporting! We will fix this. As a workaround try adding spaces: "numpy 2.0.1"

[davised]

Thanks for reporting! We will fix this. As a workaround try adding spaces: "numpy 2.0.1"

Looks like that uncovers another bug:

❯ pixi global install bat 0.24.0
✔ Installed package bat 0.24.0 he8a937b_0 from conda-forge
  × Cannot solve the request because of: No candidates were found for 0.24.0 *.
  │

0.24.0 should be found though:

❯ pixi search bat
Using channels from global config: conda-forge, bioconda

bat he8a937b_0
--------------

Name                bat
Version             0.24.0
Build               he8a937b_0
Size                2527297
License             MIT
Subdir              linux-64
File Name           bat-0.24.0-he8a937b_0.conda
URL                 https://conda.anaconda.org/conda-forge/linux-64/bat-0.24.0-he8a937b_0.conda
MD5                 18da2a0103ba121e1425266e7ba51327
SHA256              fd0a7aae7f4c52ddf2ac5098dcb9a8f4b7ab1ccdd88633390a73a9d1be3b7de2

[baszalmstra]

Youll need to add quotes!

pixi global install "bat 0.24.0"

[davised]

Youll need to add quotes!

pixi global install "bat 0.24.0"

❯ pixi global install "bat 0.24.0"
  × 'bat 0.24.0' is not a valid package name. Package names can only contain 0-9, a-z, A-Z, -, _, or .

Quotes works on previous versions though:

❯ ./pixi-0.25.0 global install "bat 0.24.0"
✔ Installed package bat 0.24.0 he8a937b_0 from conda-forge
  These executables are now globally available:
   -  bat

[baszalmstra]

Haha Im sorry, its currently missing an operator, try:

pixi global install "bat =0.24.0"

Ill take a better look next week. Parsing and the error messages can definitely be improved.

[davised]

Haha Im sorry, its currently missing an operator, try:

pixi global install "bat =0.24.0"

Ill take a better look next week. Parsing and the error messages can definitely be improved.

Still broken on the latest version, but works on the previous:

❯ pixi global install "bat =0.24.0"
  × 'bat =0.24.0' is not a valid package name. Package names can only contain 0-9, a-z, A-Z, -, _, or .

❯ ./pixi-0.25.0 global install "bat =0.24.0"
✔ Installed package bat 0.24.0 he8a937b_0 from conda-forge
  These executables are now globally available:
   -  bat