On Wed, Jun 1, 2016 at 2:27 AM, Ed Bartosh <[email protected]> wrote:
> On Tue, May 31, 2016 at 11:48:01AM -0700, Christopher Larson wrote: > > On Tue, May 31, 2016 at 11:47 AM, Brian Avery <[email protected]> > wrote: > > > > > One possible solution is to use RP's suggestion to leverage the --user > > > argument (which stores packges in > > > $HOME/.local/lib/python3.4/site-packages. > > > > > > >pip3 install --user -r poky/bitbake/toaster-requirements.txt > > > * works except wsgiref is not python3 compatible yet > > > >pip3 list installed --local > > > argparse (1.2.1) > > > beautifulsoup4 (4.4.1) > > > Django (1.8.13) > > > > > > * works to show what is a --user install vs a global site install. > > > > pip3 uninstall/install --user --upgrade/.... works as expected... > > > > > > > Cluttering up my ~/.local with app/project specific requirements is not > > appropriate. As someone who uses --user quite a bit, I'd be quite annoyed > > by this. > > So far pip3 --user looks like the only working approach to me. It's not > ideal, but it's not that bad either. It should be used for its direct > purpose > - to install dependencies for 'one user' mode. > > For production Toaster instances I'd suggest to install runtime > dependencies on the host system. > > BTW, Toaster has only one runtime requirement: Django. argparse and > wsgiref is a legacy and beautifulsoup4 is not a runtime dependency. It's > used only > in tests. --user is intended for use by the user, not your scripts. I choose what I put there for good reason. Your use case is what virtual environments are for. If toaster can't handle that, it should be fixed to do so. From the python documentation: This scheme is designed to be the most convenient solution for users that don’t have write permission to the global site-packages directory or don’t want to install into it. -- Christopher Larson clarson at kergoth dot com Founder - BitBake, OpenEmbedded, OpenZaurus Maintainer - Tslib Senior Software Engineer, Mentor Graphics
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