Python script which installs packages it requires with pip inside a venv that's created on the fly.

install_and_run.py

#!/usr/bin/env python3

import os
import sys

__requirements__ = {"docker==7.1.0"}


def _setup_env():
    venv = os.path.join(os.path.dirname(__file__), ".venv")

    if not os.path.exists(venv):
        from venv import create

        create(venv, with_pip=True)

    # Re-run under the python in venv
    # https://stackoverflow.com/a/77635818
    if "VIRTUAL_ENV" not in os.environ:
        new_python = os.path.join(venv, "bin", "python")
        args = [new_python] + sys.argv
        os.environ["VIRTUAL_ENV"] = venv
        os.execv(new_python, args)

    # Install required packages in venv
    # https://stackoverflow.com/a/78407952
    import subprocess
    import importlib.metadata

    installed = {
        f"{package.name}=={package.version}"
        for package in importlib.metadata.distributions()
    }

    missing = __requirements__ - installed

    if missing:
        print("Installing missing python package(s):", missing)
        subprocess.check_call(
            [sys.executable, "-m", "pip", "install", "--upgrade", "pip"]
        )
        subprocess.check_call([sys.executable, "-m", "pip", "install", *missing])


def main():
    _setup_env()
    print("TODO: start the real work from here")


if __name__ == "__main__":
    try:
        main()
    except KeyboardInterrupt:
        sys.exit(130)