pip/setuptools: Entry points not visible from pkexec-root-environment

[Chris Angelico]

On Mon, 19 Dec 2022 at 04:56, <c.buhtz at posteo.jp> wrote:
>
> Hello,
>
> when I install a package on a GNU/Linux system via "sudo python3 -m pip
> install -e ." that defines entry points in its pyproject.toml the entry
> point starter scripts are located in /usr/locale/bin.
>
> That folder is in PATH for "regular" root users and by "sudo su" roots
> users.
>
> But I need to start that entry points via "pkexec".
> But in the environment started by "pkexec" the PATH does not contain
> /usr/local/bin.
>
> So what can I do?
>
> I don't need a hack or workaround but an "elegant" solution.

Does it have to be in path? Can't you say
/usr/local/bin/entrypointname? Not sure what constitutes an elegant
solution here.

ChrisA