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joeforker
joeforker

Reputation: 41817

Can I use `pip` instead of `easy_install` for `python setup.py install` dependency resolution?

python setup.py install will automatically install packages listed in requires=[] using easy_install. How do I get it to use pip instead?

Upvotes: 163

Views: 156828

Answers (3)

Colonel Panic
Colonel Panic

Reputation: 137722

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.

Upvotes: 176

TomDotTom
TomDotTom

Reputation: 6754

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']
)

Upvotes: 7

Geoff Reedy
Geoff Reedy

Reputation: 36071

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.

Upvotes: 116

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