Merge https://github.com/madhav/python-guide

docs/shipping/packaging.rst

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 Personal PyPi
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+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,
+running from the directory which holds those packages which need to be installed.
+
+**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
+
+Go to your command prompt and type:
+::
+
+$ 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. Using Pip, you would do it like:
+::
+
+$ 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 **crucia** here.
+I got fooled by that, one time. But if you feel that creating a folder called
+**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
+
 
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