diff --git a/docs/shipping/packaging.rst b/docs/shipping/packaging.rst index 90f3f11..70957e0 100644 --- a/docs/shipping/packaging.rst +++ b/docs/shipping/packaging.rst @@ -21,33 +21,36 @@ Personal PyPi ------------- If you want to install packages from a source different from PyPI, (say, if -your packages are proprietary), you can do it by hosting a simple http server, +your packages are *proprietary*), you can do it by hosting a simple http server, running from the directory which holds those packages which need to be installed. -#### Showing an example is always benificial: - +-------------------------------------------- +Showing an example is always benificial +-------------------------------------------- Say if you are after installing a package called MyPackage.tar.gz, and assuming this is your directory structure - archive - - MyPackage - - MyPackage.tar.gz + - MyPackage + - MyPackage.tar.gz Go to your command prompt and type: +:: - $ cd archive - $ python -m SimpleHTTPServer 9000 +$ cd archive +$ python -m SimpleHTTPServer 9000 -This runs a simple http server running on port 9000 and will list down all packages(like "MyPackage"). Now you can install _MyPackage_ using any python package installer. Say using Pip, you would do it like: +This runs a simple http server running on port 9000 and will list down all packages(like **MyPackage**). Now you can install **MyPackage** using any python package installer. Using Pip, you would do it like: +:: - $ pip install --extra-index-url=http://127.0.0.1:9000/ MyPackage +$ pip install --extra-index-url=http://127.0.0.1:9000/ MyPackage -Remember! having a folder with the same name as the package name is __crucial__ here. +Remember! having a folder with the same name as the package name is **crucia** here. I got fooled by that, one time. But if you feel that creating a folder called -__MyPackage__ and keeping __MyPackage.tar.gz__ inside that, is _reduntant_, you can still -install MyPackage like: +**MyPackag** and keeping **MyPackage.tar.gz** inside that, is *reduntant*, you can still install MyPackage using: +:: - $ pip install http://127.0.0.1:9000/MyPackage.tar.gz +$ pip install http://127.0.0.1:9000/MyPackage.tar.gz For Linux Distributions