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> Shims are files with a single line, eg `#!/usr/bin/env -S pkgx -q! node@22`.
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> Thus using the shell to reinvoke the file via `pkgx`. You get all the benefits
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> of an installed package without actually it actually being installed until it
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> is needed. Traits desirable for certain types of self-healing, devops
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> containers and plenty more one-off or ephemeral tasks.
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> Thus using the shell to invoke the program via `pkgx`. You get all the
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> benefits of an installed package—but only installed on-demand. Useful for
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> self-healing setups, devops, containers and plenty more one-off or ephemeral
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> tasks.
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> Shims are pretty great—but have caveats. Some software might be surprised that
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> a package is not fully “installed” and lead to errors. In practice we have
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- You install by executable name—thus you _don’t have to do a search first_
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- Installed packages can be installed as `root`
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- `dev`-aware installations
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- Self-healing shims
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- Optional self-healing shims

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