On Fri, Oct 2, 2015 at 2:39 PM, Donald Stufft <[email protected]> wrote:
> ``pip install path/to/directory/with/setup.py/in/it/`` WOW!! Sorry for being such an idiot -- I tried that, I really did -- a couple times, and it failed. but now it works fine, just like you'd expect. I have no idea what was doing before. a small doc patch might be in order -- I actually couldn't find that anywhere. Though looking now, I see: pip install [options] [-e] <local project path> ... I must have gotten that tied to the -e option in my head, and didn't notice that the -e is optional... Sorry for the noise: Thanks, -CHB > On October 2, 2015 at 5:38:29 PM, Chris Barker ([email protected]) > wrote: > > I can't seem to find a way to pip install from a source dir -- not a > > tarball. > > > > Why would I want to do that? > > > > In this case, it's because I'm trying to build conda packages for python > > packages that have compiled C code, and are not using setuptools. > > > > On Windows, you need to use setuptools in order to use the "MS compiler > for > > Python 2.7". So a straight "setup.py build" fails. > > > > But pip injects setuptools, so that "pip install" does work. But conda > has > > already unpacked the source distribution, so I'd like to point pip at > that, > > and can't find a way to do that (I could have sworn it was possible...) > > > > Do I have to build an sdist, and then point pip at that?? > > > > -CHB > > > > > > > > -- > > > > Christopher Barker, Ph.D. > > Oceanographer > > > > Emergency Response Division > > NOAA/NOS/OR&R (206) 526-6959 voice > > 7600 Sand Point Way NE (206) 526-6329 fax > > Seattle, WA 98115 (206) 526-6317 main reception > > > > [email protected] > > _______________________________________________ > > Distutils-SIG maillist - [email protected] > > https://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/distutils-sig > > > > ----------------- > Donald Stufft > PGP: 0x6E3CBCE93372DCFA // 7C6B 7C5D 5E2B 6356 A926 F04F 6E3C BCE9 3372 > DCFA > > > -- Christopher Barker, Ph.D. Oceanographer Emergency Response Division NOAA/NOS/OR&R (206) 526-6959 voice 7600 Sand Point Way NE (206) 526-6329 fax Seattle, WA 98115 (206) 526-6317 main reception [email protected]
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