pipx installation not working

[jpschaumloeffel]

Problem

On Debian bookworm, the beets version installed by apt (1.6.0?) kinda works, but sets weird "a-b-l-u-m" releasetypes. Wanted to install a more recent version using pipx, but what is installed crashes during plugin import:

$ pipx install beets
... (no error)

$ cat ~/.config/beets/config.yaml 
directory: /mnt/ssd1/music/beets
library: /mnt/ssd1/music/beets.db

import:
  copy: no
  move: yes

$ beet version
** error loading plugin musicbrainz
Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "/home/jsch/.local/pipx/venvs/beets/lib/python3.11/site-packages/beets/plugins.py", line 445, in _get_plugin
    namespace = import_module(f"{PLUGIN_NAMESPACE}.{name}")
                ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
  File "/usr/lib/python3.11/importlib/__init__.py", line 126, in import_module
    return _bootstrap._gcd_import(name[level:], package, level)
           ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
  File "<frozen importlib._bootstrap>", line 1206, in _gcd_import
  File "<frozen importlib._bootstrap>", line 1178, in _find_and_load
  File "<frozen importlib._bootstrap>", line 1149, in _find_and_load_unlocked
  File "<frozen importlib._bootstrap>", line 690, in _load_unlocked
  File "<frozen importlib._bootstrap_external>", line 940, in exec_module
  File "<frozen importlib._bootstrap>", line 241, in _call_with_frames_removed
  File "/home/jsch/.local/pipx/venvs/beets/lib/python3.11/site-packages/beetsplug/musicbrainz.py", line 31, in <module>
    import beets.autotag.hooks
  File "/home/jsch/.local/pipx/venvs/beets/lib/python3.11/site-packages/beets/autotag/__init__.py", line 30, in <module>
    from .match import Proposal, Recommendation, tag_album, tag_item
  File "/home/jsch/.local/pipx/venvs/beets/lib/python3.11/site-packages/beets/autotag/match.py", line 24, in <module>
    import lap
  File "/home/jsch/.local/pipx/venvs/beets/lib/python3.11/site-packages/lap/__init__.py", line 16, in <module>
    from ._lapjv import (
  File "_lapjv_cpp/_lapjv.pyx", line 1, in init _lapjv
ImportError: numpy.core.multiarray failed to import (auto-generated because you didn't call 'numpy.import_array()' after cimporting numpy; use '<void>numpy._import_array' to disable if you are certain you don't need it).

The above exception was the direct cause of the following exception:

Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "/home/jsch/.local/pipx/venvs/beets/lib/python3.11/site-packages/beets/plugins.py", line 447, in _get_plugin
    raise PluginImportError(name) from exc
beets.plugins.PluginImportError: Could not import plugin musicbrainz
Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "/home/jsch/.local/bin/beet", line 7, in <module>
    sys.exit(main())
             ^^^^^^
  File "/home/jsch/.local/pipx/venvs/beets/lib/python3.11/site-packages/beets/ui/__init__.py", line 1713, in main
    _raw_main(args)
  File "/home/jsch/.local/pipx/venvs/beets/lib/python3.11/site-packages/beets/ui/__init__.py", line 1688, in _raw_main
    subcommands, lib = _setup(options, lib)
                       ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
  File "/home/jsch/.local/pipx/venvs/beets/lib/python3.11/site-packages/beets/ui/__init__.py", line 1519, in _setup
    from beets.ui.commands import default_commands
  File "/home/jsch/.local/pipx/venvs/beets/lib/python3.11/site-packages/beets/ui/commands.py", line 30, in <module>
    from beets import autotag, config, importer, library, logging, plugins, ui, util
  File "/home/jsch/.local/pipx/venvs/beets/lib/python3.11/site-packages/beets/autotag/__init__.py", line 30, in <module>
    from .match import Proposal, Recommendation, tag_album, tag_item
  File "/home/jsch/.local/pipx/venvs/beets/lib/python3.11/site-packages/beets/autotag/match.py", line 24, in <module>
    import lap
  File "/home/jsch/.local/pipx/venvs/beets/lib/python3.11/site-packages/lap/__init__.py", line 16, in <module>
    from ._lapjv import (
  File "_lapjv_cpp/_lapjv.pyx", line 1, in init _lapjv
ImportError: numpy.core.multiarray failed to import (auto-generated because you didn't call 'numpy.import_array()' after cimporting numpy; use '<void>numpy._import_array' to disable if you are certain you don't need it).

$ beet --plugins= version
Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "/home/jsch/.local/bin/beet", line 7, in <module>
    sys.exit(main())
             ^^^^^^
  File "/home/jsch/.local/pipx/venvs/beets/lib/python3.11/site-packages/beets/ui/__init__.py", line 1713, in main
    _raw_main(args)
  File "/home/jsch/.local/pipx/venvs/beets/lib/python3.11/site-packages/beets/ui/__init__.py", line 1688, in _raw_main
    subcommands, lib = _setup(options, lib)
                       ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
  File "/home/jsch/.local/pipx/venvs/beets/lib/python3.11/site-packages/beets/ui/__init__.py", line 1519, in _setup
    from beets.ui.commands import default_commands
  File "/home/jsch/.local/pipx/venvs/beets/lib/python3.11/site-packages/beets/ui/commands.py", line 30, in <module>
    from beets import autotag, config, importer, library, logging, plugins, ui, util
  File "/home/jsch/.local/pipx/venvs/beets/lib/python3.11/site-packages/beets/autotag/__init__.py", line 30, in <module>
    from .match import Proposal, Recommendation, tag_album, tag_item
  File "/home/jsch/.local/pipx/venvs/beets/lib/python3.11/site-packages/beets/autotag/match.py", line 24, in <module>
    import lap
  File "/home/jsch/.local/pipx/venvs/beets/lib/python3.11/site-packages/lap/__init__.py", line 16, in <module>
    from ._lapjv import (
  File "_lapjv_cpp/_lapjv.pyx", line 1, in init _lapjv
ImportError: numpy.core.multiarray failed to import (auto-generated because you didn't call 'numpy.import_array()' after cimporting numpy; use '<void>numpy._import_array' to disable if you are certain you don't need it).

Setup

• OS: Debian Bookworm
• Python version: 3.11
• pipx version: 1.1.0
• beets version: crashes, can't tell. Even setting plugins: [] has this error
• Turning off plugins made problem go away (yes/no): no

My configuration (not output of beet config, it does not run... this is from the config file, plugins are from default) is:

directory: /mnt/ssd1/music/beets
library: /mnt/ssd1/music/beets.db

import:
  copy: no
  move: yes

I guess something about the numpy dependency is off? I also had similar issues trying to set it up manually in a virtualenv, but pipx being recommended as the installation method, I think either the docs are missing some hints or something about the package is broken.