python pip - install from local dir

Question

I have to download a git python repo and install since the pypi version is not updated   Normally I would do this   pip install mypackage pip install mypackage redis    Now I have the repo cloned in the following folder    opt mypackage  So how to I run to install the below not using the pypi version but the local   pip --flag  opt mypackage install mypackage pip --flag  opt mypackage install mypackage redis    There are the pip flags available and I don t see how to accomplish    Commands    install                     Install packages    uninstall                   Uninstall packages    freeze                      Output installed packages in requirements format    list                        List installed packages    show                        Show information about installed packages    search                      Search PyPI for packages    wheel                       Build wheels from your requirements    help                        Show help for commands   General Options    -h  --help                  Show help    --isolated                  Run pip in an isolated mode  ignoring environment variables and user configuration    -v  --verbose               Give more output  Option is additive  and can be used up to 3 times    -V  --version               Show version and exit    -q  --quiet                 Give less output    --log  lt path gt                 Path to a verbose appending log    --proxy  lt proxy gt              Specify a proxy in the form  user passwd  proxy server port    --retries  lt retries gt          Maximum number of retries each connection should attempt  default 5 times     --timeout  lt sec gt              Set the socket timeout  default 15 seconds     --exists-action  lt action gt     Default action when a path already exists   s witch   i gnore   w ipe   b ackup    --trusted-host  lt hostname gt    Mark this host as trusted  even though it does not have valid or any HTTPS    --cert  lt path gt                Path to alternate CA bundle    --client-cert  lt path gt         Path to SSL client certificate  a single file containing the private key and the certificate in PEM format    --cache-dir  lt dir gt            Store the cache data in  lt dir gt     --no-cache-dir              Disable the cache    --disable-pip-version-check

User · Answer

You were looking for help on installations with pip. You can find it with the following command:

pip install --help

Running pip install -e /path/to/package installs the package in a way, that you can edit the package, and when a new import call looks for it, it will import the edited package code. This can be very useful for package development.

User · Answer

All you need to do is run  pip install  opt mypackage   and pip will search  opt mypackage for a setup py  build a wheel  then install it    The problem with using the -e flag for pip install as suggested in the comments and this answer is that this requires that the original source directory stay in place for as long as you want to use the module  It s great if you re a developer working on the source  but if you re just trying to install a package  it s the wrong choice   Alternatively  you don t even need to download the repo from Github at all  pip supports installing directly from git repos using a variety of protocols including HTTP  HTTPS  and SSH  among others  See the docs I linked to for examples

[python] python pip - install from local dir

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