diff --git a/dotinstall.sh b/dotinstall.sh
index a689f34..73e29bf 100755
--- a/dotinstall.sh
+++ b/dotinstall.sh
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 #!/bin/sh
 
-# Symlink dotfiles into the home directory
+# Installs dotfiles and Python packages
 
 set -e
 
@@ -8,24 +8,27 @@ SCRIPT_NAME="$(basename $0)"
 
 # Default source for dotfiles
 SRCFOLDER="$(dirname "$0")/src/"
+PYREQS="$(realpath "$(dirname "$0")/programs-python")"
 DESTFOLDER="$HOME"
 
 # Allow overwriting of outdated files
 FORCE="N"
 VERBOSE="N"
+INSTALL_PYTHON="N"
 
 display_help () {
 cat >&2 <<EOF 
 usage: $SCRIPT_NAME [-h] [-v] [-f] [-s PATH] [-d PATH]
 	-h: display help
 	-f: allow overwriting existing dotfiles
+	-p: installs python packages via pipx
 	-v: print modified files
 	-s: path to source of dotfiles
 	-d: path to destination where dotfiles are linked from
 EOF
 }
 
-while getopts "fvhs:d:" o; do
+while getopts "fvphs:d:" o; do
 	case "$o" in
 		h) 
 			display_help
@@ -33,6 +36,7 @@ while getopts "fvhs:d:" o; do
 			;;
 		f) FORCE="Y" ;;
 		v) VERBOSE="Y" ;;
+		p) INSTALL_PYTHON="Y" ;;
 		s)
 			DESTFOLDER="$OPTARG"
 			;;
@@ -92,3 +96,14 @@ for f in $(find -type f); do
 		link "$SRC" "$DEST"
 	fi
 done
+
+printf "Symlinked dotfiles.\n" >&2
+
+if [ "$INSTALL_PYTHON" = "Y" ]; then
+	if command -v pipx > /dev/null; then
+		printf "Installing Python packages via pipx...\n" >&2
+		cat "$PYREQS" | sed "/#.*/d" | xargs -I{} pipx install {}
+	else
+		printf "'pipx' is missing. Not installing Python packages...\n" >&2
+	fi
+fi
diff --git a/programs-python b/programs-python
index 1343952..bacbd19 100644
--- a/programs-python
+++ b/programs-python
@@ -1,3 +1,4 @@
 animdl
 td-watson
 cppman
+git+https://github.com/idanpa/calcpy
diff --git a/src/.config/fish/aliases.fish b/src/.config/fish/aliases.fish
index 8c46739..5fce061 100644
--- a/src/.config/fish/aliases.fish
+++ b/src/.config/fish/aliases.fish
@@ -3,8 +3,6 @@ function thur; zathura $argv; end
 # stricter sandbox zathura
 function zathsec; /usr/bin/zathura -c ~/.config/zathura-sec $argv; end
 
-function calc; calcpy $argv; end
-
 # tmux with 256-color
 function tmx; tmux -2 $argv; end
 
@@ -42,7 +40,7 @@ function rem; $EDITOR ~/dox/not/rem; end
 function ldg; $EDITOR ~/dox/not/journal.ldg; end
 
 # pocket calculator
-function calcpy; python3 ~/.local/bin/calcpy/calcpy_cli.py; end
+function calc; calcpy $argv; end
 
 # disable history on units
 alias units='units -H ""'
diff --git a/src/.local/bin/calcpy b/src/.local/bin/calcpy
deleted file mode 160000
index 5ba2619..0000000
--- a/src/.local/bin/calcpy
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1 +0,0 @@
-Subproject commit 5ba26197b7410f16581aa8966498553d7ca83b89