Thanks Rob!
On Thu, Dec 17, 2015 at 7:36 PM, Robert Collins <robe...@robertcollins.net> wrote: > > > 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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