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Re: How to turn a package into something pip can install

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On Sat, Feb 15, 2014 at 11:35 PM, Roy Smith <roy@panix.com> wrote:
> In article <roy-8299B9.17014115022014@news.panix.com>,
>  Roy Smith <roy@panix.com> wrote:
>
>> > > $ pip install --no-index --quiet --find-links packages metar==1.4.0
>> > [snip]
>> > > ValueError: unknown url type: packages
>> >
>> > The path to your cache directory is incorrect.  I suggest using
>> > absolute paths (eg. /home/user/packages) instead of relative paths,
>> > which is likely what caused this issue.
>>
>> No, that's not it.  It doesn't work with an absolute path either.
>
> OK, I figured this out.  The on-line docs
> (http://www.pip-installer.org/en/latest/reference/pip_wheel.html) say
> you can give --find-links a path, but it looks like it insists on it
> being a valid URL.  If I prepend "file:" to the absolute path, it works.
>
> Maybe this is something which has changed in newer versions of pip?
> I've got 1.1 (and python 2.7.3).  I'm pretty sure both of these are what
> came with Ubuntu Precise.
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It’s heavily outdated, and that IS the cause of your problem.  pip 1.5
accepts such paths just fine.  Please upgrade your pip.

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How to turn a package into something pip can install Roy Smith <roy@panix.com> - 2014-02-14 20:47 -0500
  Re: How to turn a package into something pip can install Ryan Gonzalez <rymg19@gmail.com> - 2014-02-14 20:00 -0600
    Re: How to turn a package into something pip can install Roy Smith <roy@panix.com> - 2014-02-14 21:26 -0500
      Re: How to turn a package into something pip can install Chris “Kwpolska” Warrick <kwpolska@gmail.com> - 2014-02-15 15:09 +0100
        Re: How to turn a package into something pip can install Roy Smith <roy@panix.com> - 2014-02-15 17:01 -0500
          Re: How to turn a package into something pip can install Roy Smith <roy@panix.com> - 2014-02-15 17:35 -0500
            Re: How to turn a package into something pip can install Chris “Kwpolska” Warrick <kwpolska@gmail.com> - 2014-02-16 13:18 +0100
            Re: How to turn a package into something pip can install Chris Angelico <rosuav@gmail.com> - 2014-02-17 00:23 +1100
              Re: How to turn a package into something pip can install Roy Smith <roy@panix.com> - 2014-02-16 09:25 -0500
                Re: How to turn a package into something pip can install Mark Lawrence <breamoreboy@yahoo.co.uk> - 2014-02-16 15:06 +0000
                Re: How to turn a package into something pip can install MRAB <python@mrabarnett.plus.com> - 2014-02-16 15:20 +0000
                Re: How to turn a package into something pip can install Mark Lawrence <breamoreboy@yahoo.co.uk> - 2014-02-16 15:47 +0000

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