On 18 December 2015 at 06:13, Carlos Barera <carlos.bar...@gmail.com> wrote:
> Hi, > > I'm using install_requires in setup.py to specify a specific package my > project is dependant on. > When running python setup.py install, apparently the simple index is used > as an older package is taken from pypi. While > What's happening here is that easy-install is triggering - which does not support wheels. Use 'pip install .' instead. > in https://pypi.python.org/pypi, there's a newer package. > When installing directly using pip, the latest package is installed > successfully. > I noticed that the new package is only available as a wheel and older > versions of setup tools won't install wheels for install_requires. > However, upgrading setuptools didn't help. > > Several questions: > 1. What's the difference between the pypi simple index and the general > pypi index? > The '/simple' API is for machine consumption, /pypi is for humans, other than that there should be not be any difference. > 2. Why is setup.py defaulting to the simple index? > Because it is the only index :). > 3. How can I make the setup.py triggered install use the main pypi index > instead of simple > You can't - the issue is not the index being consulted, but your use of 'python setup.py install' which does not support wheels. Cheers, Rob
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