[Nix-dev] Best way to install a bunch of old Python packages
What is the best way in NixOS to install a bunch of old Python 2.6 packages? Most of them aren't inside nixpkgs and especially not in the correct version. All I have is a single requirements.txt file (in a pip readable format). I've found two tools: [garbas' pypi2nix] https://github.com/garbas/pypi2nix [offlinehacker's pypi2nix] https://github.com/offlinehacker/pypi2nix The first one can't handle dependencies (a full requirements.txt is required, like pip freeze will generate) whereas the latter one can't parse requirements.txt at all. Don't get me wrong, both tools are great. However, is there a reason for separating these projects? Is there another alternative project to get the job done? -- Jascha Geerds j...@ekby.de ___ nix-dev mailing list nix-dev@lists.science.uu.nl http://lists.science.uu.nl/mailman/listinfo/nix-dev
Re: [Nix-dev] Best way to install a bunch of old Python packages
Hi, On Fri, Sep 26, 2014 at 1:01 PM, Jascha Geerds j...@ekby.de wrote: Is there another alternative project to get the job done? There are also: https://github.com/proger/python2nix https://github.com/tailhook/reqtxt2nix But they doesn't handle dependencies either :) I use the latter (which I'm also author of), because it doesn't execute untrusted code when generating expressions (which also means it never fails to import setup.py, which others often do). The existence of many similar projects is quite unuseful for the community. But it was easier to write my own generator of nix expressions than to get others working. But YMMV Sorry for not being too helpful :) -- Paul ___ nix-dev mailing list nix-dev@lists.science.uu.nl http://lists.science.uu.nl/mailman/listinfo/nix-dev
