How to use external package in vsketch project?

[oragamiman01]

Hello, I don't know what I need to do to make a package like opencv or scikit-image work in a vsketch project. I am able to use those packages when I import vsk as a normal package in a python file or notebook, but not when I import them in a sketch project. It's not a super big issue since I can get around it that way but it would be nice if I could use those packages with the vpype viewer.

Thanks for creating this tool! I really enjoy using it.

[abey79]

I assume you installed vsk using pipx, as recommended. If so, when executing your sketches with vsk run, the pipx managed virtual environment of vsk is used to actually run the sketch. So this is where you need to install any dependencies you need. Luckily, pipx has support for this:

pipx inject vsketch python-opencv