Is it possible to install packages using pip from the local filesystem?
I have run python setup.py sdist
for my package, which has created the appropriate tar.gz file. This file is stored on my system at /srv/pkg/mypackage/mypackage-0.1.0.tar.gz
.
Now in a virtual environment I would like to install packages either coming from pypi or from the specific local location /srv/pkg
.
Is this possible?
PS
I know that I can specify pip install /srv/pkg/mypackage/mypackage-0.1.0.tar.gz
. That will work, but I am talking about using the /srv/pkg
location as another place for pip to search if I typed pip install mypackage
.
Best Answer
What about::
eg,
pip install -e /srv/pkg
where /srv/pkg is the top-level directory where 'setup.py' can be found.