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cli - Missing dependency 'click' in default installation #594
Description
Describe the bug
In a fresh install with uv tool install, the executable does not start because of missing 'click' dependency
To Reproduce
- install using
uv tool install deepdiff - run
deep --helpor any valid subcommand
$ uv tool install deepdiff
Resolved 2 packages in 222ms
Installed 2 packages in 8ms
+ deepdiff==9.0.0
+ orderly-set==5.5.0
Installed 1 executable: deep
$ deep
Traceback (most recent call last):
File "/home/alorence/.local/bin/deep", line 4, in <module>
from deepdiff.commands import cli
File "/home/alorence/.local/share/uv/tools/deepdiff/lib/python3.14/site-packages/deepdiff/commands.py", line 1, in <module>
import click
ModuleNotFoundError: No module named 'click'Expected behavior
The command line interface can be used globally on the machine
OS, DeepDiff version and Python version (please complete the following information):
- OS: WSL (irrelevant)
- Version: unknown
- Python Version 3.14.4
- DeepDiff Version 9.0.0
Additional context
The issue can be easily fixed by telling uv to install click in the same environment:
$ uv tool install --with click deepdiff
Resolved 3 packages in 5ms
Installed 3 packages in 11ms
+ click==8.3.2
+ deepdiff==9.0.0
+ orderly-set==5.5.0
Installed 1 executable: deep
$ deep
Usage: deep [OPTIONS] COMMAND [ARGS]...
A simple command line tool.
Options:
--help Show this message and exit.
Commands:
diff Deep Diff Commandline
extract Deep Extract Commandline
grep Deep Grep Commandline
patch Deep Patch Commandline
Activity
alorence commentedon Apr 15, 2026
By the way, I would like to thank you for developing this amazing tool 👍🏼
fix(cli): give actionable error when 'deep' runs without cli extra
Merge pull request #608 from uttam12331/fix/cli-missing-click-594