How to install Python package from GitHub

Question

I want to use a new feature of httpie  This feature is in the github repo https   github com jkbr httpie but not in the release on the python package index https   pypi python org pypi httpie   How can I install the httpie package from the github repo  I tried  pip install https   github com jkbr httpie   But I got  an error  could not unpack     In Nodejs  I can install packages from github like this  npm install git https   github com substack node-optimist git

User · Accepted Answer

You need to use the proper git URL   pip install git https   github com jkbr httpie git egg httpie   Also see the VCS Support section of the pip documentation   Don   t forget to include the egg  lt projectname gt  part to explicitly name the project  this way pip can track metadata for it without having to have run the setup py script

User · Answer

To install Python package from github  you need to clone that repository   git clone https   github com jkbr httpie git   Then just run the setup py file from that directory   sudo python setup py install

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