try a python package in its own venv

pytry

#!/bin/bash

function setup() {
  python -m venv .pytry
  source .pytry/bin/activate
  pip install $packages 
}

function tryimport() {
  toimport=$1
  python -i -c "import $toimport; print($toimport)"
}

function cleanup {
  deactivate
  [[ $keep -ne 1 ]] && rm -rf .pytry
}

# Parse command-line arguments
while [[ $# -gt 0 ]]; do
    case "$1" in
        --keep)
            keep=1
            shift # Move to the next argument
            ;;
        *)
            packages+=("$1") # Collect packages
            shift # Move to the next argument
            ;;
    esac
done

setup >/dev/null 2>&1
tryimport ${packages[0]}
cleanup

Usage:

# pytry [--keep] package [packages...]
$ chmod +x pytry
$ ./pytry pandas
<module 'pandas' from '/home/user/.pytry/lib/python3.10/site-packages/pandas/__init__.py'>
>>> 

It will create and delete a new venv in the current directory at $PWD/.pytry. Then it will pip install all packages listed, and import the first. Upon exit(), the venv is deleted. Specify --keep to keep .pytry.