# NousResearch/hermes-agent · install.sh --no-venv flag and shim creation fixes

## Open now

- 0 issues, 2 PRs open on GitHub.
- PR #31391: fix(install): detect actual Hermes install target
- PR #31405: fix(install): create shim when --no-venv but uv created venv anyway (#31383)

These issues and PRs concern broken behavior in install.sh when using the --no-venv flag, specifically around uv unexpectedly creating a virtual environment and the shim not being created as a result. Multiple fix attempts address shim creation and install target detection under this scenario.

## TL;DR

- 4 member(s): 0 open issue(s), 1 closed issue(s), 2 open PR(s), 0 merged PR(s), 1 PR(s) closed without merging.
- No fix has been merged to main; one or more PRs were attempted (see below).
- **Recommended:** review the prior/competing PR(s) below. A fix was attempted but not merged; your case may extend or revive that work.

## Maintainer resolution verdict

- Internal-tracker verdict over this cluster's issue members: `unresolved`. This is distinct from the fix status above. Weigh it yourself.

## How this cluster was grouped

- Link evidence (`STRUCTURAL_SPANNING`): every member is connected by structural evidence: shared changed files, or a closing/superseded reference.
- Pairwise link density `0.50`: the share of member pairs that carry a link, counting a structural link in full and a relevance-only link at 0.36. `1.00` means every pair is linked.

## Closed / duplicate issues

- #31383: install.sh: --no-venv flag is broken — uv sync always creates venv, shim never created

## Prior & competing PRs

- **#31390: fix(install): create shim under --no-venv when uv materialized a venv (#31383)**. closed without merge
  - maintainer direction: category `uncategorized`; implication `needs_llm`; refs `#31391`
- **#31391: fix(install): detect actual Hermes install target**. open
  - maintainer direction: category `uncategorized`; implication `needs_llm`
  - files: `scripts/install.sh`, `tests/test_install_sh_actual_install_target.py`
- **#31405: fix(install): create shim when --no-venv but uv created venv anyway (#31383)**. open
  - maintainer direction: category `implemented_elsewhere`; implication `superseded`; refs `#31391`
  - files: `scripts/install.sh`, `tests/test_install_sh_no_venv_shim.py`

## Fix status

- No merged fix on record.
- Subsystem: `apps/bootstrap-installer`