python setup.py install will automatically install packages listed in requires=[] using easy_install. How do I get it to use pip instead?
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Yes you can. You can install a package from a tarball or a folder, on the web or your computer. For example:
Install from tarball on web
pip install https://pypi.python.org/packages/source/r/requests/requests-2.3.0.tar.gz Install from local tarball
wget https://pypi.python.org/packages/source/r/requests/requests-2.3.0.tar.gz pip install requests-2.3.0.tar.gz Install from local folder
tar -zxvf requests-2.3.0.tar.gz cd requests-2.3.0 pip install . You can delete the requests-2.3.0 folder.
Install from local folder (editable mode)
pip install -e . This installs the package in editable mode. Any changes you make to the code will immediately apply across the system. This is useful if you are the package developer and want to test changes. It also means you can't delete the folder without breaking the install.
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joeforker
If you are used to using "python setup.py install" to install packages, it's natural to ask how to get "python setup.py install" to resolve dependencies with pip, but it's the wrong question. The solution is to install the package with pip and to stop using "setup.py install".
TomDotTom
The problem @joeforker is you might be forced to do use easy_install if you do something like
python setup.py test
Jan Sila
@TomDotTom any idea on how to force to use pip when running
setup.py test, please?
cowlinator
@joeforker, pip uses
setup.py behind the scenes. If I want people to be able to install my package with pip, I need to create a setup.py file.cowlinator
If you want proof of this, try
pip install -e git+https://github.com/octocat/Hello-World.git#egg=Hello-World. The error is No such file or directory: 'c:\python\src\Hello-World\setup.py |
You can pip install a file perhaps by python setup.py sdist first. You can also pip install -e . which is like python setup.py develop.
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Markus Amalthea Magnuson
Just a heads up for anyone trying this: Note that
pip install -e takes a directory as argument, not the setup.py file itself. At first I did not notice the period in pip install -e . which caused me some confusion :)
JuanPablo
thanks, with
pip install -e . I can install but with pip, how I can uninstall from editable mode ?joeforker
Editable installs are uninstalled with a regular 'pip uninstall <package name>'
Muhammad Yasirroni
pip install -e . really is the answer. It support extras using pip install -e .[extras] and make distribute private python package in lab easier.If you are really set on using python setup.py install you could try something like this:
from setuptools import setup, find_packages from setuptools.command.install import install as InstallCommand class Install(InstallCommand): """ Customized setuptools install command which uses pip. """ def run(self, *args, **kwargs): import pip pip.main(['install', '.']) InstallCommand.run(self, *args, **kwargs) setup( name='your_project', version='0.0.1a', cmdclass={ 'install': Install, }, packages=find_packages(), install_requires=['simplejson'] ) 1 Comment
Lumen
Thank you, but I am facing to recursive callback using this method. when I am using 'python setup.py install', it will call Install.run to call pip install ., this function will call Install. run again...