From e7e106f89f026c70330af91078dcdd5365b7c576 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Nanda Kishore Date: Wed, 4 May 2011 08:48:32 +0530 Subject: [PATCH] Adding Personal PyPI section --- docs/shipping/packaging.rst | 29 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ 1 file changed, 29 insertions(+) diff --git a/docs/shipping/packaging.rst b/docs/shipping/packaging.rst index d871464..90f3f11 100644 --- a/docs/shipping/packaging.rst +++ b/docs/shipping/packaging.rst @@ -20,6 +20,35 @@ x y z 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, +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. Say 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 __crucial__ 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: + + $ pip install http://127.0.0.1:9000/MyPackage.tar.gz + For Linux Distributions ::::::::::::::::::::::::