How do I install system packages (non-Python dependencies) on a station?
Updated July 7, 2026
Install native system dependencies on the machine's system Python, then enable the "System packages" toggle in the station's Setup. On every deployment the CLI rebuilds the virtual environment with uv using --system-site-packages, so the venv can see those machine-level packages instead of losing them on each pull.
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