CODEWITHSUNDEEP
pythondjangopip
user1767962
user1767962

Reputation: 2109

creating a pip repository from already installed package - error setup.py not found

I have a package installed in my /usr/local/lib/python2.7/dist-packages/package-name , its our private repo installed at that place long back and that pip repo not available now , so can I use that particular /usr/local/lib/python2.7/dist-packages/package-name directory to install anywhere else ? This is what I have done:

zipped the directory /usr/local/lib/python2.7/dist-packages/package-name
Upload to my server
Then tried to install using pip like this : pip install myserverpackageurl

Then i got error saying that "setup.py" is not available (IOError) .

I also tried creating a bundle from my directory like this : 

  cd /usr/local/lib/python2.7/dist-packages/package-name
  pip bundle package-name package-name

then again i got the error : 

 ("Directory %r is not installable. File 'setup.py' not found.", 'mm/')
 Storing complete log in /home/bhaskar/.pip/pip.log

Upvotes: 2

Views: 7837

Answers (1)

Martijn Pieters
Martijn Pieters

Reputation: 1121924

You cannot just zip up a installed package; it doesn't include the setup.py file needed by tools like pip to install the a python package and ensure the installation is correct and complete.

Pip only works with source distributions; you usually create such a distribution by running the sdist command on the existing setup.py file:

python setup.py sdist

The most recent pip version also supports python eggs, but you'll still need the setup.py file to create those.

Upvotes: 2

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