On Tue, Jan 13, 2015 at 9:35 AM, Fabien <fabien.mauss...@gmail.com> wrote: > > I've learned a lot today about python packaging and stuff, thanks to a > couple of good websites. I've learned how to install a package from PyPi > with pip, choose which version, upgrade it, uninstall it, use virtualenv, > BUT I'm still asking myself: what does "pip install" *concretely* do on my > virtual environment?
As far as I know, it's equivalent to three steps: 1) Download the appropriate version of a package (the latest, if you didn't say otherwise) 2) Extract that package 3) Run 'python setup.py'. What setup.py does is up to the package, but for a pure-Python package it should simply create something in site-packages. It might do a lot more, though - compiling C or Fortran code, for instance. ChrisA -- https://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list
