From 39577343a71d409cabe28a695eca71d1415b0d66 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Zeyad Moustafa Kamal <zeyad20062018@gmail.com>
Date: Sat, 25 Jan 2025 22:47:55 +0200
Subject: [PATCH] create a virtual environment in the installer

---
 install.sh | 8 ++++++++
 1 file changed, 8 insertions(+)

diff --git a/install.sh b/install.sh
index 4ae0a5d62..093ce3f95 100755
--- a/install.sh
+++ b/install.sh
@@ -115,6 +115,14 @@ install-local-pkgbuild() {
 	x popd
 }
 
+# create a virtual environment and store python packages into it
+ags_state_dir=$XDG_STATE_DIR/ags
+venv_dir=$ags_state_dir
+
+x mkdir -p $ags_state-dir
+x uv venv --prompt .venv $venv_dir
+x source $venv_dir/bin/activate
+
 # Install core dependencies from the meta-packages
 metapkgs=(./arch-packages/illogical-impulse-{audio,backlight,basic,fonts-themes,gnome,gtk,portal,python,screencapture,widgets})
 metapkgs+=(./arch-packages/illogical-impulse-ags)