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+with (import <nixpkgs> {});
+with python310Packages;
+stdenv.mkDerivation {
+  name = "pip-env";
+  buildInputs = [
+    # System requirements.
+    readline
+
+    # Python requirements (enough to get a virtualenv going).
+    python310Full
+    virtualenv
+    setuptools
+    pyqt5
+    pip
+  ];
+  src = null;
+  shellHook = ''
+    # Allow the use of wheels.
+    SOURCE_DATE_EPOCH=$(date +%s)
+
+    # Augment the dynamic linker path
+    export LD_LIBRARY_PATH=$LD_LIBRARY_PATH:${R}/lib/R/lib:${readline}/lib
+
+    export QT_QPA_PLATFORM_PLUGIN_PATH="${qt5.qtbase.bin}/lib/qt-${qt5.qtbase.version}/plugins";
+  '';
+}