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pythoneasy-install
Teodor Pripoae
Teodor Pripoae

Reputation: 1394

python install package from python

How can I install/check/upgrade a python package from python ? I don't want to run easy_install in the console, I'm trying to make a wrapper to easy_install.

From cli I'm able to do this:

easy_install somelib
pip install somelib

I want to install packages from python. Ex:

try:
    import somelib
except ImportError:
    myFunctionInstall("somelib")

Upvotes: 1

Views: 466

Answers (2)

user4340135
user4340135

Reputation:

You can do something like this:

import os

myFunctionInstall(module):
    os.system("pip install " + module)

try:
    import somelib
except ImportError:
    myFunctionInstall("somelib")

You must have pip installed in your system. Hope it helps :)

Upvotes: 0

Martijn Pieters
Martijn Pieters

Reputation: 1125058

You generally do not want to do this. Provide proper dependencies in your setup.py file instead, and let tools like pip, easy_install or zc.buildout do the dependency work for you. People deploying the code need to be able to control where dependencies are installed, for example, to keep conflicting versions separate.

Upvotes: 1

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